<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><italic>Newly-designed structures and landscaping elements are often used for flood protection.</italic><italic>This article assesses the use of existing sunken lanes for retaining water in a landscape and</italic><italic>the sedimentation of washed-off soil. The article also describes ways how to preserve or, at</italic><italic>least minimally disrupt, existing biotopes and landscape segments. Geodetic data from one</italic><italic>specific sunken lane in South Moravia in the Czech Republic were transferred to a digital</italic><italic>terrain model; 9 models were subsequently generated, each with a different longitudinal</italic><italic>sunken lane bed slope. Retention dams consisting of gabions were placed in them. The</italic><italic>number of dams, the volume of structures made of steel gabions, and the retention area</italic><italic>volume behind the dams were determined for each model specifically. It was determined</italic><italic>that the number of dams, as well as their total volume, increased with the average</italic><italic>longitudinal slope of the sunken lane bed. It was also discovered that the retention volume</italic><italic>remained almost the same, as it only very slightly decreases with an increasing longitudinal</italic><italic>slope.</italic></p></abstract>

Newly-designed structures and landscaping elements are often used for flood protection.This article assesses the use of existing sunken lanes for retaining water in a landscape andthe sedimentation of washed-off soil. The article also describes ways how to preserve or, atleast minimally disrupt, existing biotopes and landscape segments. Geodetic data from onespecific sunken lane in South Moravia in the Czech Republic were transferred to a digitalterrain model; 9 models were subsequently generated, each with a different longitudinalsunken lane bed slope. Retention dams consisting of gabions were placed in them. Thenumber of dams, the volume of structures made of steel gabions, and the retention areavolume behind the dams were determined for each model specifically. It was determinedthat the number of dams, as well as their total volume, increased with the averagelongitudinal slope of the sunken lane bed. It was also discovered that the retention volumeremained almost the same, as it only very slightly decreases with an increasing longitudinalslope.

Assessing the Use of Sunken Lanes for Water Retention in a Landscape

A.KTI, s.r.o., Forest and Agriculture Engineering, Boženy Antonínové 1, 621 00 Brno, Czech Republic tel. +420 602 76 78 77

Slovak Journal of Civil Engineering

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Newly-designed structures and landscaping elements are often used for flood protection.This article assesses the use of existing sunken lanes for retaining...

Assessing the Use of Sunken Lanes for Water Retention in a Landscape

Published Online: Jan 17, 2013

Page range: 44 - 51

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10189-012-0021-8

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