A detention basin or retarding basin is an excavated area installed on, or adjacent to, tributaries of rivers, streams, lakes or bays to protect against flooding and, in some cases, downstream erosion by storing water for a limited period of a time. These basins are also called `dry ponds`, `holding ponds` or `dry detention basins` if no per...
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A vegetated depression which is normally dry, except after storm events, constructed to store water temporarily to attenuate flows; may allow
infiltration of water to the ground.
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