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The 51 pages that link to Environmental flow, each with the reason it gives.

• Water scarcityRelated: Allocating water to people can leave too little for rivers and wetlands.

• WatershedRelated: Changes to watershed storage and drainage can alter the flows ecosystems depend on.

• Freshwater ecosystemRelated: River flow patterns shape habitat, migration, and ecosystem processes.

• Wetland conservationRelated: Allocating water downstream can preserve wetland inundation despite competing withdrawals.

• HydrologyRelated: Uses flow knowledge to set river conditions needed by aquatic ecosystems.

• Rainwater harvestingRelated: Large-scale capture can alter runoff reaching streams, making downstream effects relevant.

• Colorado RiverRelated: Restoring seasonal flows could improve habitat in reaches altered by dams and diversions.

• River restorationRelated: Flow schedules can restore seasonal cues and habitat conditions below dams.

• RiverRelated: Water withdrawals and dams can leave too little flow for downstream ecosystems.

• Freshwater biodiversityRelated: Flow regimes structure habitat, life cycles, and ecological processes in rivers.

• Freshwater ecologyRelated: Ecological flow requirements inform decisions about dams and water withdrawals.

• River dischargeRelated: Discharge targets can preserve ecological conditions altered by dams or withdrawals.

• Water securityRelated: Ecosystem needs are part of water security, not merely a competing afterthought.

• Water conservationRelated: Water saved from withdrawals can help maintain flows in rivers and wetlands.

• River engineeringRelated: Flow rules can preserve ecological functions when dams and diversions alter river regimes.

• River basinRelated: Basin withdrawals and dams can alter the flow reaching downstream habitats.

• Water rightsRelated: Environmental allocations reserve water for ecological functions alongside human uses.

• Transboundary water managementRelated: Shared rivers require coordinated flows as well as withdrawals.

• Freshwater habitatRelated: Flow protections help maintain habitat conditions in regulated rivers.

• Water resource managementRelated: Flow requirements put ecosystem health into operational allocation decisions.

• Transboundary riverRelated: Upstream regulation can change the flows required by downstream habitats.

• Groundwater-dependent ecosystemRelated: Environmental-flow planning can include groundwater contributions to rivers and wetlands.

• Murray–Darling BasinRelated: Flow targets aim to restore habitats and ecological functions altered by extraction.

• River regulationRelated: Release schedules can reserve water for ecological needs downstream.

• Flood pulse conceptRelated: Flow releases can preserve seasonal inundation when dams alter natural flood timing.

• Run-of-the-river hydroelectricityRelated: Diversions and intakes must leave sufficient water in the river for ecological functions.

• Water consumptionRelated: Consumption reduces the water available to maintain flows downstream.

• Flood pulseRelated: Environmental-flow plans can preserve flood timing and extent altered by water infrastructure.

• Karakum CanalRelated: Maintaining river flows competes with the canal’s agricultural and municipal withdrawals.

• Water scarcity in IranRelated: Setting flows for rivers and wetlands competes with established consumptive uses.

• Freshwater conservationRelated: Regulated flows can preserve river habitats and ecological processes.

• Lake UrmiaRelated: The lake’s recovery requires decisions about how much river water must reach it.

• River red gumRelated: Managed flows can deliver floodplain inundation needed by river red gum stands.

• Stream ecologyRelated: Flow management can retain ecological processes altered by dams and withdrawals.

• StreamflowRelated: Flow management can preserve ecological conditions in regulated rivers.

• Water managementRelated: Reservoir releases and diversions affect the flows ecosystems receive.

• Krishna RiverRelated: Regulated releases affect habitats and seasonal flow patterns along the river.

• River ecosystemRelated: Environmental flows aim to retain the flow patterns that sustain river habitats and life.

• Ili RiverRelated: Maintaining flows to the delta is central to protecting habitats downstream.

• Murrumbidgee RiverRelated: Flow management determines how much water reaches the Murrumbidgee’s wetlands and floodplains.

• EcohydrologyRelated: It applies ecological understanding to decisions about water allocation in rivers.

• Murray codRelated: Flow management can support spawning, recruitment, and habitat connectivity.

• Hydrological modelingRelated: Models can test how withdrawals or flow regulation alter river conditions.

• Warrego RiverRelated: Flow timing and volume influence habitats along the Warrego and downstream Darling.

• Fresh waterRelated: Allocating freshwater to rivers helps maintain the ecosystems that depend on natural flow.

• Lachlan RiverRelated: Managed releases can reconnect Lachlan wetlands and support ecological processes.

• Paroo RiverRelated: Environmental flows help preserve the flood-dependent habitats of the Paroo system.

• Ravi RiverRelated: Diversions and dams make ecological flows a central concern for the Ravi.

• Stora Sjöfallet National ParkRelated: The waterfall’s reduced flow makes ecological water allocation a central issue.