Flood protection as a key-component of the environmental restoration of Canal del Dique, Colombia

Canal del Dique is a man-made distributary of Rio Magdalena. After its widening in 1980’s environmental degradation caused by abundant sediment load and changes to hydrology took a catastrophic form. In 2010, the Canal’s dike breached and 35,000 ha of land were flooded. In 2013 a huge effort to rest...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sokolewicz Marius, Wijma Eisse, Nomden Harm, Driessen Tjeerd, van Agten Quintijn, Carvajal Fortunato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2016-01-01
Series:E3S Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160712005