The Drava River

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Dénes Lóczy

   Pages 1-3

3. The Drava Basin: Geological and Geomorphological Setting

   • Dénes Lóczy

   Pages 5-25

4. Land Use in the Drava Basin: Past and Present

   • Gerhard Karl Lieb, Wolfgang Sulzer

   Pages 27-43

5. Climate and Climate Change in the Drava-Mura Catchment

   • Dénes Lóczy

   Pages 45-59

6. Hydromorphology of the Lower Drava

   • Ulrich Schwarz

   Pages 61-77

7. Hydrological Characteristics of the Drava River in Croatia

   • Lidija Tadić, Tamara Brleković

   Pages 79-90

8. Sediment Transport of the Drava River

   • Enikő Anna Tamás

   Pages 91-103

9. Flood History and River Regulation

   • Hrvoje Petrić, Enikő Anna Tamás, Dénes Lóczy

   Pages 105-124

10. Human Impacts on Water Regime

    • Ognjen Bonacci, Dijana Oskoruš

    Pages 125-137

11. Channel Incision Along the Lower Drava

    • Alajos Burián, Gábor Horváth, László Márk

    Pages 139-156

12. Evolution of the Drava Floodplain in Hungary in the Last 100 Years

    • Tímea Kiss, Gábor Andrási

    Pages 157-175

13. Oxbow Lakes: Hydromorphology

    • Dénes Lóczy, József Dezső, Péter Gyenizse, Szabolcs Czigány, Gabriella Tóth

    Pages 177-198

14. Oxbow Lakes: Vegetation History and Conservation

    • Adrienne Ortmann-Ajkai

    Pages 199-213

15. Floodplain Connectivity

    • József Dezső, Dénes Lóczy, Ali Mohamed Salem, Gábor Nagy

    Pages 215-230

16. Water Quality of the Lower Drava River

    • Anita Dolgosné Kovács, Gabriella Tóth, Dénes Lóczy

    Pages 231-245

17. Aquatic Macroinvertebrates of the Drava River and Its Floodplain

    • Arnold Móra, Zoltán Csabai

    Pages 247-279

18. Fishes of the Drava River

    • Péter Sály

    Pages 281-297

19. Floodplain Forests

    • Balázs Kevey

    Pages 299-336

20. Nature Conservation

    • Dénes Lóczy, Rok Ciglić

    Pages 337-344

This monograph summarizes the environmental issues concerning the channel and the floodplain of the Drava River. It describes the diverse forms of human impact (river regulation, damming and reservoirs, dredging etc.) and the environmental changes of hydrological regime, sediment transport, biodiversity etc. involved. 

The transboundary nature of the river is emphasized and the resulting problems are outlined. Special attention is devoted to the evolution and present condition of the floodplain (drainage pattern, oxbow lakes and their vegetation). The possible solutions to environmental problems are illustrated by a review of ongoing and planned rehabilitation measures. 


The book is amply illustrated with maps, cross/sections, diagrams and photographs. The international team of authors (representing all countries crossed by the Drava River: Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary) appro
ach the topic from different aspects.Thus, the reader is provided with a comprehensive picture of this, up until now, little studied European river. 

• River dynamics
• Floodplain management
• Hydrogeomorphology
• Human Impact
• Conservation
• Flood Hazard
• marine and freshwater sciences

“The book intensively discusses topics like flood storage, local climate regulation, water-sport possibilities, and revitalisation of traditional forms of agriculture, including the reintroduction and local processing of old fruit species.” (Tibor József Novák, Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, Vol. 68 (1), 2019)

• Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

  Dénes Lóczy

Dénes Lóczy, DSc, is the Head of the Institute of Environmental Sciences at the University of Pécs (Hungary). His research interests include floodplain geomorphology, management and human impact on the environment. He is editor of the books ´Landscapes and Landforms of Hungary´ and ´Geomorphological Impacts of Extreme Weather´, previously published by Springer. In addition, he co-edited the books ´Anthropogenic Geomorphology´ and ´Recent Landform Evolution´. 

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