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Record 1 2013-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environment
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

Many river channels have been historically straightened to increase conveyance, improve navigability or accommodate floodplain development (e.g. straightening undertaken as part of railway construction). This measure refers to the remeandering of straightened river channels, through both creation of a new meandering course and reconnection of cut off meanders.

Key term(s)
  • re-meandering

French

Domaine(s)
  • Environnement
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Technique consistant à allonger le tracé et à réduire la pente d'un cours d'eau pour rendre sa morphologie plus sinueuse et lui faire ainsi retrouver ses fonctions hydrobiologiques.

OBS

Le reméandrage peut, par exemple, favoriser la régulation du régime des eaux, améliorer le niveau de la nappe phréatique ou permettre la préservation et la diversification d'habitats aquatiques.

OBS

reméandrage : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 8 septembre 2013.

Spanish

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