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DNERSON anus AND mums
Diversion drains are genlly sloping drains used lo lead
walk! away lrnni valleys and siredrris and rum sloragis
and irriglllon syslenis, or Inbo sand laeds or swala lor
absorpcion. ll low earrlrewalls are raised arross ihe flow
channels or larger diversion drains, ihese lheri id as a
series ol rniniswales ior rpe e lree sues, while
surplus waler llows on in siorages. Diversion drains
diner horn swales iri lhal lhey are lriiill lo lioio aller rain
lirorn overland llow or norn leeder siroainsl They are
lire riorrrial and essenilal eonnedors ol daoi series bill"
on ihe xeyline sysierns, so lhal ihe overflow oi one darn
enlers uie leeder channel 0! ihe nerl.
slash diversion sysieins need carelul planning and
survey, wish drain bases sloping as hnle as P6000 in
line sands. Darn eresls and irrigalion drains need
equally carelnl placerrieril. Evan wilhoul e slreain
Intake, diversion drains wIl| gaiher waler lrorri
overland now in as linle as 14.5 cm ll/l inehl 0! rain
over 14 hours, ro lhal isolaied dams are normally find
wllh diversion drains even in quile dry eounlry.
Diversion drains can be led lo broad level swaler in
drylands, or rnade o: sirnple eoncrele or sione walls
across solid rock laces ln ihe Canary islands, lhese
gaiher nxk run-oil which is led lo undergmund cave
slorages or large open lanla. Slmple sliding gaies ms
or in ihe downhill banks ol such drains allnw
eonlrolled now, conlrolled irrigalion, and iin noodsl
oyepassing of dams,
Splll gales ran loe nxsn leonerele slide holders arid
apronrl or MOVEABLE lplaslie sheels weighled wxlh a
chain sewn iiilp lhe lool, and supporled aeross ihe
drain by a lighl pipe sleeved iniir lhe iopl lheso laller
are called -nags- irignie 7.27),
slide gales an open on m ridge lines, and waler lhen
spreads downlull. while plaslic ilags an be placzd and
laheri up ai any pouil along a drain This enables one or
iwo people lo waler mm ha «no—6m aeresl iii a
rruvrniog li rs also an eneciive wridlire cenlrel syslern
in loresled areas. Forsophislicaied wildlirecrr irrigaiion
eonlrol, holh slide gales and dainelaase gale valves can
he rerriolely operaled, by radio signal and slorage
balleries or huned eleclaical eonduils, lo power srnall
oiolors m hydraulic slides A eornplele wlldfue mnliol
can b: achieved by darris and sheei irrigaliorr, and
using inn-lied senaers and airlooialae sprflbgik: such
syslerns reineve ihe i-isk lor limhyum, and allow
ioresis io regenerale iri seoriond :ms,
p mplpr drains. These drainsmr rarher, sealed
Inlemflmifid in lhe opposrle lense lo diversion
drains These eorihworlss are specilioally designed (by
Harry Whmlnglun oi Wrsl Auslralial lo prevenl
overland wdluflow and walerloggirig which I“; ihe
elleel or collapsing che drylarid valley or downslope
soils 0! a desen ioil ealena Thus. ihey ideally lolally
inlercepi overland now, and direel ii lo sirearns or
vallgy run—olls.1hey can he envelope a are swales,
laui lhey diner riorn diversion drains and swales in llial
lheir (onslmmon alwlyd involves ihe rainrnirig (by
bulldozu oladel ol subsoil layers hard againsl ihe
duwnhl“ hanlc. This ellecilvely prevenls or impedes
waier seepape lhrougri ihe downhill wall ol ihe
inleirepler bank. Moreover, lhey are always 1.52.5 iii
(SH?) deep, carefully rpaeed, and elleclively slep run
only overland now bu| also sall waier seepagsr in
shallow sand searris lri elreel, lhey isolaie large lrloeld
ol soil horn walerlogging and sail seepage
Alier ihis preparalion, irees can or planled in
previously desenined sails
Where deeper sand seams carrying sally walor are
loomed, lhase can be ireiiched ool and slapped with a
veriical plaalie barrier, backed by corripaeled clay on ihe
uphill side.
Made lo lluw al IWD lo used crosseslope
inlercrpiorr elieclively col up incipienl or degraded
croplands sublecl lo desenineanon inio blocks or rm rn
lsan leell lo a maximum ol 3m m19851eel) Wide.
isolaling eaeh blo(k lrorri llooding and ihe sally
cascade [low horn uphill. surplus waier is carried on
in slreanis lnlercepler banks also eul on seepage lrorri
sail hkzs, and ean diverl early lsalledl overland now
around sallparis, leliing laler lresh iloodwaier lrll ihe
pans or shallow lahs
kgadu drain5 or banks are inlendrd lo spill a lhin
rheel n1 surplus (overflow) waier dawn a lrroad grassy
slope, e her lor irrigalion or (u! deserlsl lo prevenl
channel mm! and gidlying. niey are nonnally rnade lo
asuh: 7.2a
nlvEnsluu mums
uni-is mus, mm M- imn warm lo nuns, m wum menann
llov am! semi ll m sloiaurs Ynly arr pm or any rainvaler
harvsnw-l mien
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A ironic slim an! end snowed w m channel Mk1. ihe ulnar
women iry a ehain loirns a iii-roomy darn. uuxlnv mi channel In
llood onl and impair land flammll
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