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During the last decade integrated studies of the impacts of global change on the environment and society have been initiated in the Elbe River basin (Becker et al. 1999b; Krysanova et al. 1999a). The Elbe basin Covers large parts of the Czech Republic and Eastern Germany. The Elbe River has a total length of 1092 km, a drainage area of 148 268 km2, and about 25 million human inhabitants. About two-thirds of the drainage basin is in Germany (our case study area — Fig. D.72) and one-third in the Czech Republic. Many tributaries of the Elbe River are controlled by dams and weirs whereas the Elbe mainstream in Germany is in a semi-natural State. The most downstream reaches of the Elbe (last 140 km) are affected by tides. Since large portions of the basin are located in the temperate zone under 1000 m elevation, the river discharge is characterised by winter and spring high water.
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Krysanova, V., Becker, A., Wechsung, F. (2004). Case Study 2: Integrated Ecohydrological Analysis of a Temperate Developed Region: The Elbe River Basin in Central Europe. In: Kabat, P., et al. Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate. Global Change — The IGBP Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18948-7_35
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