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Straightened creek in Hesse

A embanked ditch with a very straight course. Riverbank vegetation consists only of short grass. Paths run along the tops of the dyke.

This water body was embanked and straightened to a monotonous channel. It is no longer connected to its floodplain. Therefore, natural flood retention has been impeded.

Source: Georg Lamberty / Planungsbüro Zumbroich

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