Riverbank erosion in Hungary - with an outlook on environmental consequences

In the 19th century deforestation in the Carpathians and the growing population made flood control and river regulation an urgent task in the Carpathian Basin. As a result of shrinking active floodplains and cut-offs, the natural sedimentation/erosion equilibrium have been upset over the Hungarian P...

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Main Authors: Zoltán Szalai, János Balogh, Gergely Jakab
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2013-10-01
Series:Hungarian Geographical Bulletin
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Online Access:https://ojs.mtak.hu/index.php/hungeobull/article/view/2958