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swale::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | trough |
Examples of swale
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A butterfly bush blooms in a water retention swale at the Fulton Office Building.
From the tennessean.com
The city's current budget projects spending $2,530,000 on swale rehabilitation.
From the news-journalonline.com
In the meantime, the homeowners are anxiously waiting for the swale to be put in.
From the omaha.com
Second shot to three-tiered green with large bunkers left and deep swale right.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The roof includes a swale in which shrubs and bigger perennials can take root.
From the denverpost.com
He had a 9-iron in to a daunting front-left pin placement that was located in a swale.
From the thenewstribune.com
From there he batted his next effort back across the green and back down into the swale.
From the cnn.com
To carry stormwater, a central reserve with a swale and ponds would run through the site.
From the stuff.co.nz
On-site stormwater drains off the parking lot and into a nearby swale.
From the sciencedaily.com
- A low area (especially a marshy area between ridges)
- A swale is a low tract of land, especially one that is moist or marshy. The term can refer to a natural landscape feature or a human-created one. Artificial swales are often designed to manage water runoff, filter pollutants, and increase rainwater infiltration.
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- The name The Swale refers to the strip of sea separating North Kent from the Isle of Sheppey.
- A low tract of moist or marshy land; A long narrow and shallow trough between ridges on a beach, running parallel to the coastline; A shallow troughlike depression that's created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch; A shallow, usually grassy depression sloping ...
- (Swales) Contours created for the purpose of surface drainage.
- (Swales) Vegetated areas used in place of curbs or paved gutters to transport stormwater runoff. They also can temporarily hold small quantities of runoff and allow it to infiltrate into the soil.
- (Swales) grass lined surface channels or depressions to collect surface water run-off.
- (swales) Open, vegetated drainage channel designed to detain, treat and/or infiltrate stormwater.
