As a ‘spate’ river, the levels of water in the Avon can rise and fall dramatically in response to rainfall; an effect made even more acute by the construction of the Avon Dam in the early 1950s, which effectively shut off much of the water and gravel flow arising from...
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Conserving the Devonshire Avon from source to sea
Devon Avon Group
May 2016 – further ‘ecological’ water releases from Avon dam
Water releases from the Avon dam have been negotiated by the Devon Avon Group during dry spells of weather in order to facilitate, for example, the migration of salmon smolt. Full details are available in Notes from the DAG meetings, elsewhere on this website....
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