]> 2026-04-16T15:45:43+00:00 Case study:Lower Aurino river: Molini di Tures riverbed widening 500 en Approved 0.5 - 2 m 10 - 50 m Yes No Yes No change No Invertebrates,No,Yes,No,No,Yes,No change Invertebrates No Creation of new channel Removal of rip-rap Channel widening Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano Alps Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano No Yes Yes false Yes No No No Improvement No Channel pattern/planform,No,Yes,No,Yes,No,Improvement Structure & condition of riparian/lake shore zones,No,No,No,Yes,No,Improvement Channel pattern/planform Structure & condition of riparian/lake shore zones Yes Foto1 Aurino light.jpg Foto3 Molini2008 light.jpg No 46.883837629407,11.947803497314 Caterina Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano Ghiraldo 10 - 100 m³/s ,Floodplain reconnection,,Creation of new channel, Removal of rip-rap, Channel widening, ,,Citizen participation in the restoration project, 4992 2013-12-31Z 2456657.5 Project picture moliniditures.jpg 2002 2452275.5 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. The riverbed widening in "Molini di Tures", the first of the series of measures implemented along the Aurino from 2003 on, included removing a total of 9500 m3 of gravel from the disconnected floodplain, doubling (from 30 to 60 m) the width of the river and recreating secondary branches. A monitoring activity has been implemented to study the geomorphological and biological effects of the project. Lower Aurino river: Molini di Tures riverbed widening lower aurino river: molini di tures riverbed widening Yes 400 Adige Alpi Orientali Floodplain reconnection Aurino aurino Molini di Tures molini di tures Citizen participation in the restoration project 630 100 - 1000 km² more than 2000 m Aurino Flood risk management Habitat and biodiversity Hydromorphology Monitoring Spatial planning 100 50 - 100 k€ 03SS3N D_c Torrente Aurino 2013-01-10T14:11:21Z 2456303.0912153 2019-01-02T15:11:59Z 2458486.1333218 Lower Aurino river: Molini di Tures riverbed widening 500 1 plainlist 5 [[Category:Case study]] [[Project title::!Lower Aurino river: Molini di Tures riverbed widening]] [[Subcatchment title::Aurino]] Lower Aurino river: Molini di Tures riverbed widening# QUERY7e1bc7d07e0a9fff8bfba9b715265ead 500 1 list 3 [[Category:Case study]] [[Parent project::Case study:Lower Aurino river: Molini di Tures riverbed widening]] Lower Aurino river: Molini di Tures riverbed widening# QUERYf1f74c92efc1e28977770ef9074f1b32 Case study:Lower Aurin river: Molini di Tures riverbed widening 500 en Lower Aurin river: Molini di Tures riverbed widening REDI 102 en REDI