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- Swale_(landform) abstract "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.The swale concept has also been popularized as a rainwater harvesting and soil conservation strategy by Bill Mollison, Geoff Lawton and other advocates of permaculture. In this context it usually refers to a water-harvesting ditch on contour. Another term used is contour bund.Swales as used in permaculture are designed to slow and capture runoff by spreading it horizontally across the landscape (along an elevation contour line), facilitating runoff infiltration into the soil. This type of swale is created by digging a ditch on contour and piling the dirt on the downhill side of the ditch to create a berm. In arid climates, vegetation (existing or planted) along the swale can benefit from the concentration of runoff. Trees and shrubs along the swale can provide shade which decreases water evaporation, however, they increase transpiration, so their net effect on the hydrologic cycle is probably to reduce infiltration.The term swale or \"beach swale\" is also used to describe long, narrow, usually shallow troughs between ridges or sandbars on a beach, that run parallel to the shoreline.".
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- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Berm.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Bill_Mollison.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Bioswale.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Bunding.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Environmental_engineering.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Landforms.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Landscape.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Sustainable_environmental_design.
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- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Water.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Water_pollution.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Contour_line.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Elevation.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Federal_Highway_Administration.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Geoff_Lawton.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Gutter.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Infiltration_(hydrology).
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Keyline_design.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Marsh.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Michigan_State_University.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Permaculture.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Rain_garden.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Rainwater_harvesting.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Shoal.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Soil_conservation.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Stormwater.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Surface_runoff.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink Water_pollution.
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLink File:Grass_lined_channel_NRCS.jpg.
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- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Swale (landform)".
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Swales".
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLinkText "VegSwale".
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLinkText "dune swale".
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLinkText "occasional areas".
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLinkText "swale".
- Swale_(landform) wikiPageWikiLinkText "swales".
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- Swale_(landform) subject Category:Environmental_engineering.
- Swale_(landform) subject Category:Landforms.
- Swale_(landform) subject Category:Landscape.
- Swale_(landform) subject Category:Sustainable_environmental_design.
- Swale_(landform) subject Category:Sustainable_gardening.
- Swale_(landform) subject Category:Water.
- Swale_(landform) subject Category:Water_pollution.
- Swale_(landform) hypernym Tract.
- Swale_(landform) type Place.
- Swale_(landform) type Discipline.
- Swale_(landform) type Landform.
- Swale_(landform) type Liquid.
- Swale_(landform) comment "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.The swale concept has also been popularized as a rainwater harvesting and soil conservation strategy by Bill Mollison, Geoff Lawton and other advocates of permaculture.".
- Swale_(landform) label "Swale (landform)".
- Swale_(landform) sameAs Q3344823.
- Swale_(landform) sameAs منخفض_(تضاريس_الأرض).
- Swale_(landform) sameAs Rigole.
- Swale_(landform) sameAs Noue_(fossé).
- Swale_(landform) sameAs m.0538x5.
- Swale_(landform) sameAs Q3344823.
- Swale_(landform) wasDerivedFrom Swale_(landform)?oldid=697569004.
- Swale_(landform) depiction Grass_lined_channel_NRCS.jpg.
- Swale_(landform) isPrimaryTopicOf Swale_(landform).