Fluvial Audit of 13 tributaries feeding the River Usk

The River Usk and a number of its tributaries have been put forward to the European Commission as a candidate Special Area for Conservation designated under the European Habitats Directive, and parts of the system have also Site of Special Scientific Interest for geomorphological and physiographic features. In order to produce Conservation Objectives for the site, the Countryside Council for Wales commissioned GeoData to undertake a Fluvial Geomorphological Audit on 13 of the designated tributaries (126km). The inventory of morphological features will be used to identify and understand the geomorphological processes which influence and control channel activity and the distribution of SAC species habitat.