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Rock dams

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-024461

Barriers, often employed in conjunction with excavated pools, constructed across a drainage way or off-stream and connected to the stream by a flow diversion channel to trap and store waterborne sediment and debris.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-024461
FieldEnvironment
SubjectEcosystems
ReferencesFederal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-024461",
  "term": "Rock dams",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Barriers, often employed in conjunction with excavated pools, constructed across a drainage way or off-stream and connected to the stream by a flow diversion channel to trap and store waterborne sediment and debris.",
  "subject": "Ecosystems",
  "references": [
    "Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/rock-dams/"
}

Record 23,802 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.