]> 2026-04-10T21:52:36+00:00 Case study:Lower Aurino master plan 500 en Approved Provincia di Bolzano Alps No Yes Yes Caterina Provincia di Bolzano Ghiraldo ,, ,,, 1650 Complete The Aurino river is a typical Alpine watercourse (basin Area 630 km2, average discharge in summer 30-50 m3/s) affected in the past by gravel extraction, construction of bank defences along part of its course and a major reduction of sediment load from upstream, due to weirs and other protection measures in most tributaries. This determined channel incision, reduction of riverbed width, alteration of morphological structures and dynamics and as a consequence reduced connection with the floodplain, lowering of the groundwater level and loss of riparian habitats (especially hygrophilic riparian forests of Alnus incana). A major effect was also a reduced flood retention capacity, and its recovery by reverting the incision process was one of the main drivers, together with biodiversity increase, to implement a catchment scale restoration scheme. This has been carried out, step by step, for more than a decade and further measures are foreseen. Lower Aurino master plan lower aurino master plan Adige Alpi Orientali Aurino aurino 630 100 - 1000 km² more than 2000 m Aurino Flood risk management Habitat and biodiversity Hydromorphology 2012-09-20T22:05:04Z 2456191.4201852 2013-09-06T05:59:30Z 2456541.7496528 Lower Aurino master plan 500 1 plainlist 5 [[Category:Case study]] [[Project title::!Lower Aurino master plan]] [[Subcatchment title::Aurino]] Lower Aurino master plan# QUERY04b047be42ffbdde140df6a5cf3572ca 500 1 list 3 [[Category:Case study]] [[Parent project::Case study:Lower Aurino master plan]] Lower Aurino master plan# QUERY997728d3588fce39218d1aa2834d6074 Case study:Lower Aurino river: Molini di Tures riverbed widening 500 en Lower Aurino river: Molini di Tures riverbed widening Case study:Lower Aurino river: Gatzaue riverbed widening 500 en Lower Aurino river: Gatzaue riverbed widening Case study:Lower Aurino river: San Giorgio di Brunico riverbed widening 500 en Lower Aurino river: San Giorgio di Brunico riverbed widening Parent project 102 en Parent project