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Climate Change Adaptation
Water on the land - Watershed Scale
Click on the Watershed Scale example to read the notes and study the innovation. You can then scroll through the stationary photos.
Riparian buffer zones slow the flow and increase diversity.
Mimicking nature to construct channels can slow the flow, lower water temperature, increase groundwater recharge and increase diversity.
Choosing floodplains where economic hardship is lowest in dollars and recovery time; may protect valuable infrastructure.
Designing floodplain areas to be inundated during extreme events can protect areas of higher risk to safety and economic loss.
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