Lippeaue Klostermersch
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Lippeaue Klostermersch
Key features of the case study
The restoration project in the floodplain of the Lippe river called "Klostermersch" is part of a restoration programme of the German federal state Northrhine-Westphalia that started in 1990 called "Gewässeraueprogramm" (river floodplain programme). So one of the major objectives of this programme was to restore river reaches including the surrounding floodplain, an aspect which is often neglected, even in the Programmes of Measures of the WFD.
Site description
The Lippe is a typical lowland sand and loam dominated river. Sine it has been altered since the Roman age and straightened as well as deepened it was difficult to assess the natural stable channel form of the river reach.
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Success criteria
Ecological response
Hydromorphological response
Monitoring before and after implementation of the project
Socio-economic aspects
Contact person within the organization
Extra background information
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Related Measures
- Increase flood frequency and duration in riparian zones or floodplains
- Widen water courses
- Shallow water courses
- Initiate natural channel dynamics to promote natural regeneration
- Introduce large wood
- Remove bank fixation
- Develop riparian forest
- Adjust land use to develop riparian vegetation
- Revegetate riparian zones
- Remove bank fixation
- Adjust land use to reduce nutrient, sediment input or shore erosion
- Improve backwaters
- Lower river banks or floodplains to enlarge inundation and flooding
- Reconnect backwaters and wetlands
