Swales and Earthworks
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Contour ditches and berms that slow, spread, and sink water across a slope. The pattern logic is to design the water flow first, then plant into the resulting moisture gradient — and the entry will name the failure modes (over-saturation, slope-stability risks) the popular literature tends to understate.