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"Subsurface drainage"
Keywords:
ditch
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drainage
,
buried
,
drain
,
beneath
Related Terms:
Subsurface drain
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Drainage
,
Interflow
,
Piping
,
Dry well
,
Drain field
,
Seepage
,
Subirrigation
,
Influent stream
,
French drain
,
Infiltration gallery
,
Impoundment
,
Spring
,
Discharge area
,
Infiltration
,
Overland flow
,
Runoff
,
Retention basin
,
Levee
,
Forebay
,
Underdrain
,
Plunge pool
,
Flood irrigation
,
Detention pond
,
Surface water
,
Retention pond
,
Surface runoff
,
Baseflow
,
Bioretention
,
Soakaway
,
Vadose
,
Ponding
,
Run-off
,
Wash
,
Tank
,
Detention basin
,
Base flow
,
Pool
,
Scour
,
Storm water
,
Hyporheic zone
,
Drain
,
Throughflow
,
Losing stream
,
Outfall
,
Inflow
,
Storm sewer
,
Stormwater
,
Receiving water
,
Seep
Any drainage system (either drainage wells, open ditches or buried drain pipes) that controls the water table.
fao.org
The use of tiles or plastic tubing that is buried 3 to 5 feet deep at a spacing of 50 to 200 feet to drain the soil.
soil.ncsu.edu
See Drainage.
bmwd.org
water flow through permeable soil or rock beneath the surface of the land. Return to
borealforest.org
An impermeable clay layer causes water to accumulate just beneath the land surface. Tile drains remove the water from the root zone to a stream, drainage ditch, or evaporation pond.
sfep.abag.ca.gov
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