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sediment basin

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-025077

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-025077
FieldEnvironment
SubjectEcosystems
ReferencesFederal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-025077",
  "term": "sediment basin",
  "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/sediment-basin/"
}

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