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Vegetation and Flora Near the Danube in Austria

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Human Impact on Danube Watershed Biodiversity in the XXI Century

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The river Danube runs through Austria in the main direction from West to East. The whole length of the Danube is 2850 km, in Austria about 350 km. The inclination is about 40 cm/km, the drift is about 3 km/year in Austria. The water level fluctuates up to 7 m. In Austria the amount of water flowing through the Danube is normally 1500–1900 m3/s. At the time of low water it decreases to 600–900 m3/s. The extremest low water was 342 m3/s in February 1885. During the last 100 years the highest amount of water flowing through was 11,000 m3/s in August 2002. In Austria the Danube has the characteristics of a river of high land. The velocity of flow is 1–3 m/s. The melting of snow in the mountains causes high waters from late spring till mid summer. High waters caused by high precipitations can appear all the year round.

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  1. Botanisches Institut, Universität für Bodenkunde, Wien, Austria

    Erich Hübl

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  1. Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Sibiu, Romania

    Doru Bănăduc

  2. Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Sibiu, Romania

    Angela Curtean-Bănăduc

  3. Department of Botany and Ecology, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy

    Franco Pedrotti

  4. University of Western Brittany, Brittany, France

    Kevin Cianfaglione

  5. Fundaţia ADEPT, Salisbury, UK

    John R. Akeroyd

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Hübl, E. (2020). Vegetation and Flora Near the Danube in Austria. In: Bănăduc, D., Curtean-Bănăduc, A., Pedrotti, F., Cianfaglione, K., Akeroyd, J. (eds) Human Impact on Danube Watershed Biodiversity in the XXI Century. Geobotany Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37242-2_5

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