Summary
Alternatively, the emerging "geomorphic" school holds that mimicking Mother Nature is the best way to a durable design, developing watercourses that rely on a variety of methods including sinuosity and riffle pools to slow water flow, control erosion and create diverse aquatic habitat over the long-term.
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Go with the Flow
A swan glides serenely along a stream running through a city park. Yet under the water's surface, that bird's feet are furiously churning away to propel and steer it on its way. Just like the swan, that stream itself is engaged in multi-tasking-it conveys sediment and runoff, sustains bankside vegetation, provides aquatic habitat... ...
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