Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment
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  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction
  • Methodology
  • Special Quality Assessments
  • Features Assessments
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Scientific names
  • Appendix

Feature Assessment: Watercourses, ponds and reservoirs

Please refer to ‘Navigating the Feature Assessments’ for any help understanding the feature assessments on the following pages.

 
Potential impact
Adaptive capacity
Overall Vulnerability score

Dew ponds and other ponds

High

Low

Very high vulnerability

Good water quality

High

High vulnerability

Reservoirs

High

Moderate

High vulnerability

Reservoirs and water management features

High

Moderate

High vulnerability

Rivers and streams

High

Moderate

High vulnerability

Riverside meadows associated with meandering river channels

High

Low

Very high vulnerability

Vanishing rivers

High

Moderate

High vulnerability