| 词条 | Swale (landform) |
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A swale is a shallow channel with gently sloping sides. A swale may be either natural or man-made. Artificial swales are often infiltration basins, designed to manage water runoff, filter pollutants, and increase rainwater infiltration.[1] On landThe 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 is usually a water-harvesting ditch on contour, also called a contour bund.[2][3] 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 and mulch which decrease evaporation. On beachesThe 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.[4] See also
References1. ^{{cite book|author=U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)|location= Washington, DC |title=Storm Water Technology Fact Sheet: Vegetated Swales ( EPA Document No. 832-F-99-006)| |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722234524/http://www.epa.gov/owm/mtb/vegswale.pdf |access-date=July 22, 2009|date=2009 }} 2. ^{{Cite web | title = Water Harvesting: Microcatchment Contour Bunds | website= Food and Agriculture Organization | url = http://www.fao.org/teca/content/water-harvesting-microcatchment-contour-bunds-ridge | accessdate = 2009-11-26 }} 3. ^{{Cite web | title = Soil contour bunds | publisher = United Nations Office for Project Services | date = 1998 | website=mamud.com|url = http://www.mamud.com/Docs/contbu3e.pdf | format = PDF | accessdate = 2009-11-26 }} 4. ^{{cite web|website=Michigan State University Extension|title=Wetlands of the Great Lakes Open Shoreline and Embayed Wetlands| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731181130/http://web1.msue.msu.edu/iosco/openshoreline.htm |date=July 31, 2010|access-date=September 21, 2009}} External links{{Wiktionary|swale}}{{Portal|Wetlands}}
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