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Pickering Flashcards

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Location

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Pickering North Yorkshire

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Catchment areas

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Lies in the catchment area for the river beck and Severn

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Aims

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Reducing the time for rainfall to drain into water courses

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Methods

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Positioning of farm land
Unmanaged land
Trees
Mini dams

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Unmanaged land

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Unmanaged land 6 meters wide allows vegetation to slow water flow

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Benefits

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Cheap, 1 in 6 homes are at risk of flooding, we can’t afford to protect them all with hard engineering

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Downsides

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Can only limit risk of flooding and its impact not prevent it

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