Floodplains
A floodplain or flood plain or flood-plain is an area of land adjacent to a stream or river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge. The soils usually consist of clays, silts, sands, and gravels deposited during floods.
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Alberta WaterSMART Solutions · 1 April 2024 English
This showcases the dedication of water managers and advocates in the SSRB to strategic water resource management, and it has improved the water management outlook of the SSRB. [...] For …
zones, wetlands, groundwater recharge zones, floodplains related to shallow aquifers, green roofs, soil …
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability Canada · 29 February 2024 English
We acknowledge the lands which constitute the present-day City of Mississauga as being part of the Treaty and Traditional Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Co-operators The …
Metal Roofs in high-risk wildfire regions and floodplains to further reduce impacts on infrastructure,health … Charges (LICs), insurance premium regions and floodplains, and the active promotion of reductions for local …
PICES: North Pacific Marine Science Organization · 29 February 2024 English
NPRB directs research towards species, processes, and dynamics in the marine ecosystems of Alaska, including the Gulf of Alaska, the Bering Sea, the Aleutian Islands, and the Chukchi and Beaufort …
wetlands to filter water (%) 37 Presence of floodplains, wetlands, estuaries, mangroves, Nutrient abatement … cover on ecosystem service delivery by river floodplains: a scenario assessment. Ecosphere, 12(8), e03716 …
POLIS Project on Ecological Governance, University of Victoria · 26 February 2024 English
The protection, conservation, and improved governance of Canada’s fresh water is of vital importance, especially with the current and increasing threats of climate change and water insecurity. [...] Safeguarding and …
development and activities in hazardous lands (such as floodplains, shorelines and wetlands) and related public …
POLIS Project on Ecological Governance, University of Victoria · 21 December 2023 English
The project involves the restoration of nearly 520 hectares of wetlands that were disconnected from the surrounding river system in the 1960s by a series of ditches, dikes, pumps and …
impacts of his efforts to restore wetlands and floodplains in southeastern British Columbia, but he takes … with climate change, he said. "Wetlands and floodplains are like a huge sponge. They'll soak (the water) …
West Coast Environmental Law · 31 October 2023 English
colleagues at the Emergency Planning Secretariat, the Living Dike Roundtable, and now the Lower Fraser Floodplains Coalition, the more it becomes apparent that the wet and dry cycles of water in the landscape are …
Living Dike Roundtable, and now the Lower Fraser Floodplains Coalition, the more it becomes apparent that … 2023, West Coast was part of a Lower Fraser Floodplains Coalition team that organized a second regional … Participants in discussion during the Lower Fraser Floodplains Forum / Photo: Dianne Garner Chilliwack Councillor … Councillor Jason Lum at the 2023 Lower Fraser Floodplains Forum / Photo: Dianne Garner As Former National … floods, West Coast joined the Lower Fra- ser Floodplains Coalition (formerly the Build Back Better, Together …
Conservation Council of New Brunswick · 16 October 2023 English
Climate change affects the balance of ecosystems that Severe weather: Injuries and fatalities due support life and biodiversity and impacts to extreme weather events, which can cause people’s health. [...] …
That includes people living on coastlines, floodplains or in poverty, who may struggle to prepare for …
ELC: Environmental Law Centre · 16 October 2023 English
Below we document how the BC placer mining regime is inconsistent with several fundamental rights defined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including: The Need …
– including current and historical streams, floodplains, and wetlands. The fundamental problem is that …
Great Lakes United · 5 October 2023 English
maritime navigation projects is plentiful and desired in the Great Lakes basin and across the floodplains of the nation; and Whereas, the U. [...] Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is responsible for the …
desired in the Great Lakes basin and across the floodplains of the nation; and Whereas, the U.S. Army Corps …
C.D. Howe Institute · 26 September 2023 English
Insured and uninsured losses will be in the billions, in addition to the cost of repairing public infrastructure. [...] A forward- looking risk management plan through comprehensive property insurance and …
done to mitigate risk for properties built on floodplains and near forests? Up to 10 percent of Canada’s … Canada’s residential properties have been built on floodplains over many decades, and, in some regions, homes …