Research and analysis

Large woody debris in British headwater rivers

A study which has been undertaken to assess the ecological value of large woody debris in rivers in order to determine management requirements.

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 1 January 1999

Documents

Large Woody Debris in British Headwater Rivers: Main Report

Ref: ISBN 1857051424, LIT 0900

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Large Woody Debris in British Headwater Rivers: summary report

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Details

This report focuses on headwater streams,-where debrissdams are the characteristic form of large woody debris (LWD) accumulation. The routine removal of LWD from many British rivers for flood defence purposes means that little is found in rivers wider than 10m. For the purposes of this report, a 10m channel width is taken to define the upper width limit for British headwater rivers.

Published 1 January 1999