Riparian Buffer

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-024340",
  "term": "Riparian Buffer",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A specific area to be managed within a riparian area.\n\n2. Upland, wetland, and/or riparian area that protects and/or enhances aquatic resource functions associated with wetlands, rivers, streams, lakes, marine, and estuarine systems from disturbances associated with adjacent land uses.",
  "subject": "Ecosystems",
  "references": [
    "EPA Guidance for Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary at http://www.epa.gov/owow_keep/NPS/chesbay502/pdf/chesbay_glossary.pdf; Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary",
    "40 CFR 230.92 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/riparian-buffer/"
}