swale in German

swale in German is Aue, Bodensenke, Bruch — swale means a low tract of moist or marshy land.

swale in German

Aue

noun

A low tract of moist or marshy land.

Bodensenke

noun

A low tract of moist or marshy land.

Bruch

noun

A low tract of moist or marshy land.

Flussniederung

noun

A low tract of moist or marshy land.

Niederung

noun

A low tract of moist or marshy land.

Senke

noun

A low tract of moist or marshy land.

Drängraben

noun

A shallow troughlike depression created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch.

Flutgraben

noun

A shallow troughlike depression created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch.

Rigole

noun

A shallow troughlike depression created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch.

Sickergraben

noun

Bioswale, a shallow trough dug into the land on contour (horizontally with no slope), whose purpose is to allow water time to percolate into the soil.

Versickerungsgraben

noun

Bioswale, a shallow trough dug into the land on contour (horizontally with no slope), whose purpose is to allow water time to percolate into the soil.

Versickerungsmulde

noun

Bioswale, a shallow trough dug into the land on contour (horizontally with no slope), whose purpose is to allow water time to percolate into the soil.

Senke

noun

A shallow, usually grassy depression sloping downward from a plains upland meadow or level vegetated ridgetop.

What does "swale" mean?

noun A low tract of moist or marshy land.
noun A long narrow and shallow trough between ridges on a beach, running parallel to the coastline.
noun A shallow troughlike depression created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch.
noun Bioswale, a shallow trough dug into the land on contour (horizontally with no slope), whose purpose is to allow water time to percolate into the soil.