Rain garden
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Rain gardens, also called bioretention facilities, are one of a variety of practices designed to increase reabsorption of rain runoff by the soil. They can also be used to treat polluted stormwater ru
Low Impact Development (LID) rain garden in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
A rain garden in Wheaton, Maryland during the winter
A rain garden at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, New York
A recently planted home rain garden in Minneapolis
Swale (landform)
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A swale is a shady spot, or a sunken or marshy place. In US usage in particular, it is a shallow channel with gently sloping sides. Such a swale may be either natural or human-made. Artificial swales
Rain garden
…is at conception a rain garden—particularly if vegetation is planted and maintained with recognition of its role in this function. Vegetated roadside swales, now promoted as "bioswales", remain the conventional runoff drainage system in many parts of the world from long before extensive networks of concrete…
A constructed swale or bioswale built in a residential area to manage stormwater runoff
A natural swale