What is landscape drainage?

The term drainage of the landscape refers to the flow of water through the ground in a certain area. In general, the two most important factors that affect the drainage of the landscape, the slope or the sign of the ground and the type of land. The steeper the slope, the more the tendency of the water must escape and carry the soil with it, which eventually causes erosion; The more flattering the soil, the more likely it is to infiltrate - soak water - or puddling. Methods of solving landscape drain include a change in soil topography, change of soil composition and installation of drainage pipes to remove water from undesirable areas. If the design of the landscape on a steep slope cannot be avoided, potential floods can be avoided by building a berm - low hills of the country that folds off the structure to shorten the watercolor. By digging a channel or installing drainage pipes, there are two other methods of drainage of the landscape that could avert the water around the structure and down the slope. Terrants - breaking the slope into the consecutive steps of levels - usually slow down the drain and allow water to soak into the soil.

The soil type indicates the size of the soil particles. Three basic sizes are sand, mud and clay. Water infiltrates sandy or rocky soils much faster, because the soil particles are larger. Because these soils do not retain water, the plants generally do not grow.

The smallest soil particles are clay, which forms a thick mass that prevents drainage, increasing the drain and creating puddles of standing water. Due to their density, clay soils reduce the amount of air around the roots of the plant. For this reason, plants usually do not grow well in soils.

SILT is the mean size of the soil particle. Hlin is a mixture of all three sizes and types of soil. Adding mulch or humus - decomposing organic material - generally improves drainage in clay soils and increases the retention of nutrients in sandy soils. The ideal medium for growing plants of landscape is usually a good mixture of humus and clay.