Category:Flussbegradigung

<nowiki>kanalizacija reke; Flussbegradigung; Õgvendamine; Rivera rektigo; regulace toku; river channelization; prebitje naravnih okljukov reke; terme; geographical term; Durchstechen der natürlich vorkommenden Mäander eines Flusses; stavební úpravy vodního toku, zpevňování břehů apod; termine; Jõe õgvendamine; Jõeõgvendus; Flussregulierung; Begradigung; Flußbegradigung; regulace toků</nowiki>
river channelization 
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Wikidata Q348685
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River straightening is a type of river engineering. The naturally occurring meanders of a river are pierced on their necks. This makes the course of the river shorter and straighter; the water flows faster. In places where a river runs in two arms, one arm is often shut down.