A balancing lake (also flood basin or Sustainable urban drainage scheme) is a term used in the U.K. describing a retention basin used to control flooding...
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of water across two lakes. Both lakes are balancing lakes, designed to mitigate flooding from the River Ouzel. The southern lake offers a wide range of...
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Balancing Lakes is a local nature reserve on the north-eastern edge of Stafford, in Staffordshire, England. The main purpose of the balancing lakes is...
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around it. Not all glacial erractics are balancing rocks; some are firmly seated on the ground. Some balancing erractics have come to be known as rocking...
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Furzton (section Furzton Lake)
in the civil parish of Shenley Brook End The man-made Furzton Lake is a balancing lake that covers approximately half of the district. The district lies...
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Walton, Milton Keynes (redirect from Caldecotte Lake)
Caldecotte Lake, an important manmade balancing lake that manages flood water on the River Ouzel just as it enters Milton Keynes. The lake is used by...
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a nuclear reactor used to contain a core meltdown. Geography portal Balancing lake (UK) Nationwide Urban Runoff Program (NURP) – US stormwater research...
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tributary, the River Ouzel, meanders through its linear parks and balancing lakes. Approximately 25% of the urban area is parkland or woodland and includes...
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A fish pond or fishpond is a controlled pond, small artificial lake or retention basin that is stocked with fish and is used in aquaculture for fish farming...
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world. Thomas Mowle and David Sacko describe "soft balancing" as "balancing that does not balance at all." These theoretical efforts are counter-productive...
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