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Li, J., Hoerbinger, S., Weissteiner, C. et al. River restoration challenges with a specific view on hydromorphology. Front. Struct. Civ. Eng. 14, 1033–1038 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11709-020-0665-9
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