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Natural River Bank, Rhine, Aargau

Since 1850 the floodplains of Swiss rivers have been drastically reduced as embankments have been built to channel their flow. This has led to a loss of biodiversity. However, the trend is now being reversed in some places, with some riverbanks being left wild to develop naturally.

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