Case study:Amerongse Bovenpolder
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Project overview
Status | In progress |
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Project web site | |
Themes | Habitat and biodiversity, Social benefits |
Country | Netherlands |
Main contact forename | Wim |
Main contact surname | Zeeman |
Main contact user ID | |
Contact organisation | Dienst Landelijk Gebied |
Contact organisation web site | http://www.dienstlandelijkgebied.nl/en |
Partner organisations | Rijkswaterstaat |
Parent multi-site project | |
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects |
No |
Project summary
This project aims to improve biodiversity, function as a green corridor, maintain and improve landscape, recreation and cultural-historical values. The work here involved the creation of a 1 ha. swamp, 6,3 ha. of fish spawning and a 6km long seepage gully. The polder has been previously used as a landfill, for sand excavation, and tabacco cultivation.
Monitoring surveys and results
Lessons learnt
Catchment and subcatchment
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Catchment
River basin district | Rhine |
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River basin | Rhine |
Subcatchment
River name | Rhine |
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Area category | 1000 - 10000 km² |
Area (km2) | |
Maximum altitude category | 1000 - 2000 m |
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Dominant geology | Siliceous |
Ecoregion | Central Plains |
Dominant land cover | Grassland, Urban |
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Other case studies in this subcatchment: Bakenhof Dyke reconstruction, Blauwe Kamer, Room for the River, Ruppoldingen, Upper Main catchment restoration
Site
Name | Amerongse Bovenpolder |
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WFD water body codes | |
WFD (national) typology | R7 |
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Pre-project morphology | Plane bed |
Reference morphology | |
Desired post project morphology | |
Heavily modified water body | Yes |
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Protected species present | No |
Invasive species present | No |
Species of interest | oyster catchers, Plover (Charadrius sp.), common redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Snipe |
Dominant hydrology | |
Dominant substrate | Clay |
River corridor land use | Intensive agriculture (arable) |
Average bankfull channel width category | more than 50 m |
Average bankfull channel width (m) | 170170 m <br />0.17 km <br />17,000 cm <br /> |
Average bankfull channel depth category | 2 - 5 m |
Average bankfull channel depth (m) | |
Mean discharge category | 100 - 1000 m³/s |
Mean annual discharge (m3/s) | 500500 m³/s <br />500,000 l/s <br /> |
Average channel gradient category | Less than 0.001 |
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Project background
Reach length directly affected (m) | 14001,400 m <br />1.4 km <br />140,000 cm <br /> |
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Project started | 2001/01/01 |
Works started | |
Works completed | |
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Funding sources | Rijkswaterstaat, Dienst Landelijk Gebied |
Cost for project phases
Phase | cost category | cost exact (k€) | Lead organisation | Contact forename | Contact surname |
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Reasons for river restoration
Mitigation of a pressure | |
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Measures
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Bank/bed modifications | |
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Monitoring
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Any other monitoring, e.g. social, economic
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