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Interactions in Ecohydraulics

The so-called ecohydraulics deals with the manifold interactions between the discharge, the flow and the different ecological characteristics of the waters (e.g. floodplain and riparian vegetation, self-dynamic watercourse development, habitat characteristics for flora and fauna).

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Incoming and outgoing vegetation
Incoming and outgoing vegetation

Ecohydraulic parameters and statements thus provide an essential basis for habitat prediction modeling as well as for an assessment of ecosystem services (so-called Eco System Services).

Riparian vegetation on the stream

The Department of Hydraulic Engineering provides model approaches for a wide variety of investigations, with which the causes and effects of various eco-hydraulic interactions can be determined both quantitatively and qualitatively. A current example is the change in the hydraulic performance of a near-natural watercourse as a result of an increase in bank vegetation density, for which appropriately equipped flow and water level models are used.