Natural features

This sections contains information on the average extent of natural features recorded in RHS.  Features include the average number of riffles, pools and bars and the extent of trees and related features.  Channel vegetation extent is also recorded in a broad-brush manner as simple, absent/present/extensive indices.

The reach considered has in-channel vegetation representative of slow flowing environments that could be the result of overdeepening and over widening as part of channel resectioning. It has few trees on its banks.  The absence of trees could be explained by the management regime and the presence of resectioning. There were very few signs of activity and no riffles was observed again suggesting potential impact by management action.