Problem

Threatened permanent freshwater lake habitats

Other Names:
Endangered permanent oxbow lakes habitats
Nature:

Through natural processes, oxbow lakes usually have a limited life span before sediment build up transforms them into marshes and the subject of natural succession, or they become reconnected to the main river in times of flooding. Other threats are man made. The damming of rivers, flood defences and the diversion of rivers together with floodplain development has reduced the ability of rivers to "spread" out and find their natural course, over their natural floodplain.

Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 6: Clean Water and SanitationGOAL 10: Reduced InequalityGOAL 14: Life Below WaterGOAL 15: Life on Land
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems
Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST