1) Bog
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1) Bogland 2) Derby winner of 1984 3) Ditch for runoff 4) Golf course depression 5) Hollow in a marsh 6) Hollow in wet marshy ground 7) Low area of land 8) Low bit of land 9) Low land 10) Low marshland 11) Low marshy area 12) Low marshy depression 13) Low place 14) Low spot of land 15) Low tract of land
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an open channel transporting surface run-off to a drainage system, usually grassed; a swale promotes infiltration, the filtration of sediment by plants and ornamental interest.
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Swale is a local government district with borough status in Kent, England. Its council is based in Sittingbourne. The district is named after the narrow channel called The Swale, a channel that separates the mainland of Kent from the Isle of Sheppey, and which occupies the central part of the district. The Roman Watling Street passed through the a...
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[landform] A swale is a low tract of land, especially one that is moist or marshy. The term can refer to a natural landscape feature or a human-created one. Artificial swales are often designed to manage water runoff, filter pollutants, and increase rainwater infiltration. The swale concept has also been popularized as a rainwater harvestin...
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marshy hollow or depression; meadow
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• (n.) A gutter in a candle. • (v. i. & t.) To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v. • (n.) A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen.
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A linear low-lying natural topographic drainage feature running downhill and crossing the trail alignment in which sheet runoff would collect and form a temporary watercourse. A low-lying ground drainage structure (resembling a swale) can be constructed to enhance drainage across the trail.
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borough (district), administrative and historic county of Kent, southeastern England, on the south side of the Thames estuary at its mouth. Swale ...
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a depression or shallow hollow in the ground, typically moist
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A shallow vegetated channel designed to conduct and retain water, but may also permit
infiltration; the vegetation filters particulate matter
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<ecology> A hollow or depression, especially one in wet, marshy ground. ... (19 Jan 1998) ...
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A moderately contoured depression or dip in terrain.
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a depression or shallow hollow in the ground, typically moist
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Swale intransitive verb & t. To melt and waste away; to singe. See
Sweal ,
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Swale noun [ Confer Icelandic
svalr cool,
svala to cool.] A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen. [ Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]
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HMS Swale was a British River Class frigate of 1460 tons displacement launched in 1942. HMS Swale was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 20 knots. She carried a complement of 140 and was armed with two 4-inch dual-purpose guns; ten 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and one Hedgehog multiple spigot mortar.
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noun a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges)
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A depression in the terrain.
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a low place in a tract of land, usually moister and often having ranker vegetation than the adjacent higher land. · a valleylike intersection of two slopes in a piece of land.
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