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Term

retarding basin

Term

A basin designed and operated to provide temporary storage and thus reduce the peak flood flows of a stream. (Source: MGH)

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GEMET - Environmental thesaurus

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http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/aliss_scripts/concept/7194

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