Case study:Conservation of alluvial

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Location: 46° 1' 23.16" N, 18° 41' 22.16" E

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Status	Complete
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Themes	Habitat and biodiversity
Country	Hungary
Main contact forename	Viktoria
Main contact surname	Siposs
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Contact organisation	WWF Hungary, Danube Drava National Park Directorate
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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Catchment

River basin district	Danube
River basin	Danube

Subcatchment

River name	Sava River
Area category	more than 10000 km²
Area (km2)
Maximum altitude category	500 - 1000 m
Maximum altitude (m)	833833 m <br />0.833 km <br />83,300 cm <br />
Dominant geology	Calcareous
Ecoregion	Dinaric Western Balkan, Alps
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Other case studies in this subcatchment: Hainburg River Restoration, INTERREG MED WETNET - Memoradum on Participation in Wetland Conservation in Ljubljansko Barje Nature Park, Marsh protection in Egyek–Pusztakócs, National Park Danube-Auen, Regelsbrunner Aue, Renaturation of Stržen's riverbed on intermittent Cerknica Lake, The Bulgarian Wetlands Restoration and Pollution Reduction Project, Witzelsdorf Pilot Project

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Name	Szabadság-sziget (Liberty Island)
WFD water body codes	AEP445
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Pre-project morphology	Artifical oxbow completely cut-off from the main river; Silted up significantly
Reference morphology	Sidearm
Desired post project morphology
Heavily modified water body	No
National/international site designation	EU - Special Protected Area
Local/regional site designations	Natura 2000; National Park
Protected species present	No
Invasive species present	No
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Dominant hydrology	Permanent lentic
Dominant substrate	Sand, Gravel
River corridor land use	Intensive agriculture, Woodland, Urban
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Average bankfull channel depth category	5 - 10 m
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Mean discharge category	more than 1000 m³/s
Mean annual discharge (m3/s)	28232,823 m³/s <br />2,823,000 l/s <br />
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Reach length directly affected (m)	30003,000 m <br />3 km <br />300,000 cm <br />
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Total cost category	1000 - 5000 k€
Total cost (k€)	17951,795 k€ <br />1,795,000 € <br />
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Funding sources	LIFE+ (LIFE07 NAT/H/000320) (http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.createPage&s_ref=LIFE07%20NAT/H/000320)

Cost for project phases

Phase	cost category	cost exact (k€)	Lead organisation	Contact forename	Contact surname
Investigation and design			WWF Hungary, Danube-Drava National Park Directorate, Municipality of Mohács town	Viktoria	Siposs
Stakeholder engagement and communication			Lower-Danube-Valley Water Management Directorate, WWF Hungary
Works and works supervision	1000 - 5000 k€	10751,075 k€ <br />1,075,000 € <br />	WWF Hungary, Cargill Hungary, Transdanubian Regional Waterworks Public Company (DRV Zrt.)
Post-project management and maintenance			Danube Drava National Park Directorate	Sandor	Kövesi
Monitoring			Danube Drava National Park Directorate

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