European rivers are fragmented by many more barriers than had been recorded

Christiane Zarfl () and Bernhard Lehner ()

Nature, 2020, vol. 588, issue 7838, 395-396

Abstract: An atlas of European river barriers has been made, by curating and correcting existing records, and by surveying 2,700 kilometres of waterways. It reveals that rivers are fragmented by an amazing number of obstructions.

Keywords: Hydrology; Water resources; Environmental sciences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-03440-9

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