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[[Category:Glossary]] [[Category:Turf]] | [[Category:Glossary]] [[Category:Turf]] [[Category:Sportsturf]] | ||
1. [[Pipe drain]], filled to the surface with stone, gravel or coarse sand, and used to prevent the flow of water onto a field from an adjacent area; also used in [[swale]]s and low-lying areas off the field.<br><br> | 1. [[Pipe drain]], filled to the surface with stone, gravel or coarse sand, and used to prevent the flow of water onto a field from an adjacent area; also used in [[swale]]s and low-lying areas off the field.<br><br> |
Revision as of 11:14, 12 June 2007
1. Pipe drain, filled to the surface with stone, gravel or coarse sand, and used to prevent the flow of water onto a field from an adjacent area; also used in swales and low-lying areas off the field.
Image of an interceptor drain installed to collect runoff from a hillside.
Source: http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~epados/lawn/src/drainage.htm