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Map 20: Heavily Modified and Artificial Surface Water Bodies (1.58 MB)
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Map 15: Future Infrastructure Projects (1.61 MB)
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Map 12: Hydrological Alterations – Impoundments: Current Situation 2015 (1.66 MB)
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Map 11: Wetlands / Floodplains (>500 ha) with Reconnection Potential (1.61 MB)
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Map 9: Alteration of River Continuity for Fish Migration – Current Situation 2015 (1.68 MB)
Practical advice for building fish migration aids
Vienna, 26 March 2013. The ICPDR has published a manual with practical advice for measures that aim to ensure fish migration at transverse structures such as dams and weirs.
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Measures for ensuring fish migration at transverse structures (1.03 MB)
Workshop on River and Habitat Continuity
Vienna, 4/5 September 2012. The ICPDR held a workshop on river and habitat continuity to support the ongoing developments in the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive and related legislation in the Danube River Basin with regard to addressing river and habitat continuity.
Wetlands
The floodplains and wetlands of the Danube basin are uniquely valuable ecosystems in global terms, although few areas are still in their natural or near-natural state.
Dams & Structures
Since the 16th century, people have been changing the natural course of the rivers in the Danube River Basin, mainly for flood defence, hydropower generation and navigation. All these changes affect the ecological quality of the rivers. Changes in the depth or width of a river typically reduce flow rates, interrupting natural sediment transportation as well as the migration routes of animals.