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  • Thumbnail for Erosion control
    Erosion control is the practice of preventing or controlling wind or water erosion in agriculture, land development, coastal areas, river banks and construction...
    6 KB (625 words) - 01:10, 15 March 2024
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    engineering, road building, military applications and landscaping. For erosion control, caged riprap is used. For dams or in foundation construction, cylindrical...
    12 KB (1,459 words) - 19:23, 8 July 2024
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    bags" or "sugar bags." Gunny sacks are sometimes used as sandbags for erosion control, especially in emergencies. Up until the latter part of the twentieth...
    3 KB (295 words) - 09:01, 3 March 2024
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    A berm is a level space, shelf, or raised barrier (usually made of compacted soil) separating areas in a vertical way, especially partway up a long slope...
    9 KB (1,111 words) - 10:25, 19 March 2024
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    concrete seawalls, under precast concrete erosion control blocks, beneath large stone riprap, and in other erosion control situations. He used different styles...
    9 KB (982 words) - 04:42, 28 May 2024
  • southwest of Lake Bam. A distinguishing feature is a series of soil erosion control measures built from 1989 onwards, that have stabilised gullies in a...
    3 KB (78 words) - 02:05, 20 May 2022
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    (6.6 ft) or more into the soil, which can aid slope stabilization, erosion control, and soil porosity for precipitation absorption. Also, their roots...
    8 KB (691 words) - 03:38, 1 June 2024
  • assessment and function, land treatment of wastewater, stormwater, erosion control, soil contamination with metals and pesticides, remediation of contaminated...
    3 KB (286 words) - 18:20, 6 February 2024
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    Europe and is commonly used throughout the United States and Canada for erosion control, roadside planting and soil rehabilitation. It has become an invasive...
    7 KB (840 words) - 22:06, 3 May 2024
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    A drop structure, also known as a grade control, sill, or weir, is a manmade structure, typically small and built on minor streams, or as part of a dam's...
    7 KB (858 words) - 01:41, 29 March 2024
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    were completed in October 1934, they turned their attention to soil erosion control and then constructing the various facilities. Although incomplete,...
    6 KB (533 words) - 03:24, 10 May 2024
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    pads in home evaporative cooling systems known as swamp coolers, for erosion control mats, and as a raw material for the production of other products such...
    18 KB (1,898 words) - 17:18, 9 June 2024
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    of coastal erosion control methods. These three include: soft-erosion controls, hard-erosion controls, and relocation. Hard-erosion control methods provide...
    33 KB (3,618 words) - 18:59, 12 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Retention basin
    to manage stormwater runoff, for protection against flooding, for erosion control, and to serve as an artificial wetland and improve the water quality...
    7 KB (719 words) - 18:14, 11 June 2024
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    Conservation Commission permitted the construction of an alternative coastal erosion control sea wall along Shore Drive West in New Seabury which consists of wooden...
    13 KB (1,267 words) - 14:49, 11 May 2024
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    process that uses a slurry of seed and mulch. It is often used as an erosion control technique on construction sites, as an alternative to the traditional...
    5 KB (570 words) - 23:50, 26 September 2023
  • protects embankments from corrosive forces such as rain and wind. Rolled erosion control products are blankets or netting created with both natural and synthetic...
    19 KB (2,536 words) - 12:03, 24 May 2023
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    Magnesium chloride is an inorganic compound with the formula MgCl2. It forms hydrates MgCl2·nH2O, where n can range from 1 to 12. These salts are colorless...
    22 KB (2,087 words) - 19:15, 12 July 2024
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    visitors. In 2004–2005, the National Park Service undertook a significant erosion control project at Outer Island, to stabilize the bluff which had proved susceptible...
    8 KB (873 words) - 01:07, 14 August 2023
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    shorter height. Black locust has been spread and used as a plant for erosion control as it is fast growing and generally a tough tree. The wood, considered...
    37 KB (4,383 words) - 14:05, 6 July 2024
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