Land Drainage

Land drainage may refer to:

  • Surface drainage of the land
    • Drainage system (geomorphology), pattern of natural drains, streams, rivers, etc.
    • Surface runoff, surface runoff of excess rainfall from the land
    • Drainage system (agriculture), land forming or land shaping to enhance the drainage from the soil surface in agricultural land
    • Contour plowing, controlling runoff and soil erosion
  • Subsurface (groundwater) drainage
    • Horizontal drainage by pipes and ditches
      • Drainage
      • Tile drainage
      • Watertable control
    • Vertical drainage by wells
      • Well drainage
      • Watertable control

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    “croppers rotting shacks
    with famine, terror, flood, and plague near by;
    where sentiment and hatred still held sway
    and only bitter land was washed away.”
    —Margaret Abigail Walker (b. 1915)