swale
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The land here was laser-leveled, and workers carved a swale to give juvenile salmon a way in and out when the plain floods.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2024
During this year’s record rainfall, Bautista was delighted to see that the swale he installed handled the overflow water “like a champ.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2023
Bob MacIntyre sends his second at 18 down the swale to the left of the green, the one which briefly threatened to undo Sandy Lyle in 1985.
From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2021
But a heartbeat later, aided by the wind, his ball keeps rolling, slides off the back of the green and down into a swale.
From Seattle Times • May 20, 2021
Already the rainwater had collected and we sped like a *■ ski boat down the swale.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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