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Restoration of River Skjern Denmark

Figure Created 12 Feb 2020 Published 02 Mar 2020 Last modified 12 Feb 2020

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A case study example of floodplain habitat change following the first drainage and straightening, and the later restoration of a river in western Denmark. The River Skjern was channelised in 1968 and in 1999-2003 the river was restaurated. The orthophoto mosaics shows the situation before the restauration (1992) and after (2018).