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RIPARIAN BUFFER STRIP [1 record]

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Record 1 2019-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

Riparian buffer strips. These are lineal bands of permanent vegetation, natural or managed (enhanced or introduced) adjacent to an aquatic ecosystem and are intended to maintain or improve water quality by trapping or removing various non-point source pollutants from over land and shallow subsurface flow ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Bordure de plus de trois mètres de chaque côté d'un cours d'eau qui doit être couverte de végétaux herbacés [ou] arbustifs dans le but d'en stabiliser les talus et les rives, ce qui favorise le maintien de la biodiversité (faune et flore) et permet de filtrer une certaine partie des contaminants agricoles (fumiers, nitrates, phosphates, sédiments, pesticides) qui ruissellent des champs vers le milieu hydrique.

Spanish

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