The restoration was implemented early in 2019. Figure 1a shows a typical view of the river prior ... more The restoration was implemented early in 2019. Figure 1a shows a typical view of the river prior to restoration. While the banks are well vegetated and support mature trees, they have relatively smooth profiles and are very high. This coupled with the wide river bed suggests historical ‘channelisation’ of the river many decades ago with subsequent slow morphological recovery under vegetation colonisation to produce the current semi-natural woodland cover. Although the river has a gravel bed, much of the gravel is buried below layers of fine sand and silt, and much of silt has a high organic content.
The restoration was implemented early in 2019. Figure 1a shows a typical view of the river prior ... more The restoration was implemented early in 2019. Figure 1a shows a typical view of the river prior to restoration. While the banks are well vegetated and support mature trees, they have relatively smooth profiles and are very high. This coupled with the wide river bed suggests historical ‘channelisation’ of the river many decades ago with subsequent slow morphological recovery under vegetation colonisation to produce the current semi-natural woodland cover. Although the river has a gravel bed, much of the gravel is buried below layers of fine sand and silt, and much of silt has a high organic content.
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