Sentence examples for reduced flooding from inspiring English sources

The downstream social ecological systems may benefit from reduced food prices, reduced flooding damages, and reduced sediment influxes, as well as enhancements in low flows and water quality.

It was instrumental in destroying the proposed European soil framework directive, which would have reduced flooding by preventing the erosion and compaction of the soil.

Many zip-codes with few wetlands, that are located at the upstream end of estuaries, received cumulative benefits from downstream wetlands that reduced flooding throughout the estuary.

Several rice field management practices may reduce methane emissions including reduced flooding in winter, removal of rice straw after harvest (baling), and drill seeding during planting.

This canal was restored and improved in 1951 52 under the name of the Subei Canal, and, together with the comprehensive water conservancy project for the Huai River valley, it has reduced flooding.

The entire system of dams and reservoirs has greatly reduced flooding on the Missouri and provides water to irrigate millions of acres of cropland along the main river and its tributaries.

Across the 707 zip-codes flooded, wetlands reduced flood damages by an average of 11%.

Maryland, Delaware and Virginia each had more than 400 kilometres of roads where wetlands reduced flood heights.

Co-benefits arising in cleaner water, reduced flood risk and tourism make the overall value much bigger.

When combined with buyouts of unprotected structures, levee setbacks reduced flood losses for all recurrence intervals.

For instance, within New Jersey, wetlands reduced flood heights on roads by anywhere between 0.46 m up to 1.2 m.