Fig. 10From: Influence of 200 years of water resource management on a typical central European river. Does industrialization straighten a river?Source: own illustrationChange in indicators over the five phases of river management in the last 200 years in the three focus regions of the Rur River, a changes in the length of anastomosing and braided river structures in comparison to the total river length, b changes in the length of side arms in comparison to the total river length, c) changes in the average number of oxbows per river-km, and d changes in the average number of islands per river-km. Back to article page