SLM Database

A small constructed wetland is a combination of ponds and vegetation filters, designed mainly to remove sediment and nutrients from streams. It is usually located in first and second order streams in agricultural landscapes.

• Compilateur : Dominika Krzeminska
• 22 juin 2021 11:54

Grassed waterways are shallow channels (natural or constructed) with grass cover, used to drain surface runoff from cropland and prevent erosion.

• Compilateur : Dominika Krzeminska
• 7 fév. 2022 21:31

Reduced tillage, involving no plowing in the autumn, preserves stubble or plant cover during the autumn and winter to prevent soil erosion, and particle and nutrient loss from cropland to watercourses.

• Compilateur : Kamilla Skaalsveen
• 14 août 2014 13:47

Grass buffer zones are established along waterways in cropland to reduce the surface runoff rate, and the amounts of sediment, nutrients and pesticides in the runoff.

• Compilateur : Kamilla Skaalsveen
• 13 août 2014 14:33

Establishment of grass - or retaining stubble - on arable land that is prone to erosion and flooding to reduce the risk of soil and nutrient losses.

• Compilateur : Dominika Krzeminska
• 11 fév. 2022 15:28