an example of a concrete flood control channel. The concrete has previously failed during floods. In contrast, a channelized part of the River Ravensbourne...

north end of Brookside Golf Course the stream becomes channelized into a flood control channel and proceeds southward through the golf course. However...

Flood management or flood control are methods used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters. Flooding can be caused by a mix of both...

Monica Mountains. From there the river flows east through a concrete flood control channel and very soon receives Browns Canyon Wash, which flows south from...

floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river. Floodplains stretch from the banks of a river channel to the base of...

de Santa Rosa by way of the Santa Rosa Flood Control Channel. This article covers both the creek and the channel. Though it begins as a wild stream in...

Floodway may refer to: Flood bypass Flood control channel Floodway (road), a flood plain crossing for a road The community of Floodway, Arkansas This...

Flood control is an important issue for the Netherlands, as due to its low elevation, approximately two thirds of its area is vulnerable to flooding, while...

early 1991, as unexpected spring runoff poured through the region’s flood control channels, Sky Knight rescued two boys who had been swept away while bike...

flooding. Examples for human changes are land use changes such as deforestation and removal of wetlands, changes in waterway course or flood controls...

The Napa River-Napa Creek Flood Protection Project is a flood control project of the US Army Corps of Engineers in the city of Napa, California. The Project...

Mountain. After leaving its canyon, it is encased in a concrete flood control channel, wherein it runs south from Granada Hills though North Hills, Van...

which ends when Utah's old injury flares up after he jumps into a flood control channel. Despite having a clear shot, the injured Utah allows Bodhi to escape...

rivière Rouge) is an artificial flood control waterway in Western Canada. It is a 47 km (29 mi) long channel which, during flood periods, takes part of the...

enacted the Flood Control Act of 1936 and the Flood Control Act of 1937. In August, 1938 work began on the most extensive flood control channel improvement...

become lost and run into a mysterious woman. Once they find an old flood control channel, Taylor encourages them to perform more stunts. When Danny injures...

The Walnut Creek mainstem is now mostly a concrete or earthen flood control channel until it reaches Pacheco Creek on its way to Suisun Bay. Walnut...

rivers around Jakarta instead of going through the city. This first flood control channel was designed by Hendrik van Breen, an engineer working for the Dutch...

its water (high water discharge) into the Acher Flood Control Channel. Just before the flood channel and the Acher divide, the Fautenbach joins it. The...

The Worcester Flood Diversion Channel is a flood control channel located in Auburn and Millbury, Massachusetts. It was built by the United States Army...

beneath the interstate, it is abruptly diverted into a trapezoidal flood control channel, with concrete levees and an earthen riverbed. The creek flows southwest...

(13.7 km) in total. Most of its route is encased in a concrete flood control channel. Shortly after it passes under West Greenleaf Boulevard, it changes...

The Flood Control Act of 1936, Pub. L. 74–738, (FCA 1936) was an Act of the United States Congress signed into law by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt...

Debris Basin Dam, Verdugo Wash is entirely encased in a concrete flood control channel. Verdugo Wash Visioning Project will create a 9.4-mile long (15...

The Flood Control Act of 1928 (FCA 1928) (70th United States Congress, Sess. 1. Ch. 569, enacted May 15, 1928) authorized the United States Army Corps...

numerous flood walls, levees, channel diversions, widening projects and retention basins throughout the Green Brook basin. The Green Brook Flood Control project...

Niles Canyon and a flood control channel. Along its course, Alameda Creek provides wildlife habitat, water supply, a conduit for flood waters, opportunities...

towards the bay. Most of the creek has been converted to a concrete flood control channel, but it also provides important aquatic and riparian habitat along...

The Erchong Floodway (Chinese: 二重疏洪道) is a major flood control channel of the Tamsui River in New Taipei, Taiwan. The Erchong Floodway is approximately...

animals. Arroyos can be natural fluvial landforms or constructed flood control channels. The term usually applies to a sloped or mountainous terrain in...