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  2. Retention basin - Wikipedia

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    Trounce Pond, a retention basin landscaped with natural grassland plants, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada The Corporate Park retention basin in Stafford, Texas, United States A Retention pond guarded by concrete wall and surrounded by Taro plants in an Semi-urban indian Town Retention basin in Pinnau, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

  3. Puddling (civil engineering) - Wikipedia

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    Puddling is both the material and the process of lining a water body such as a channel or pond with puddle clay (puddle, puddling) – a watertight (low hydraulic conductivity) material based on clay and water mixed to be workable.

  4. Why turning cities into ‘sponges’ could help fight flooding

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    The sea wall was reshaped to accommodate terraced planters, while the fish farm’s ponds and dikes were turned into a mangrove habitat. Inland, porous green space helps slow the flow of water and ...

  5. Sediment basin - Wikipedia

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    Sediment basin installed on a construction site.. A sediment basin is a temporary pond built on a construction site to capture eroded or disturbed soil that is washed off during rain storms, and protect the water quality of a nearby stream, river, lake, or bay.

  6. Detention basin - Wikipedia

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    Dry pond on brook to reducing floods, near Děčín, Czech Republic. A detention basin or retarding basin is an excavated area installed on, or adjacent to, tributaries of rivers, streams, lakes or bays to protect against flooding and, in some cases, downstream erosion by storing water for a limited period of time.

  7. Pond - Wikipedia

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    The technical distinction between a pond and a lake has not been universally standardized. Limnologists and freshwater biologists have proposed formal definitions for pond, in part to include 'bodies of water where light penetrates to the bottom of the waterbody', 'bodies of water shallow enough for rooted water plants to grow throughout', and 'bodies of water which lack wave action on the ...

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