The combination of property owners removing riverfront vegetation and passing boat wakes, both commercial and recreational, can lead to bank erosion and the collapse of soil and trees into the waterways.

Riverbank erosion, causing soil and vegetation to collapse into river

The combination of property owners removing riverfront vegetation and passing boat wakes, both commercial and recreational, can lead to bank erosion and the collapse of soil and trees into the waterways.

stream erosion loss of buffer zone sedimentation nutrient pollution

Author(s)Jane Hawkey
Author CompanyIntegration and Application Network
Date Created2005-04-30
AlbumHuman > Development/Infrastructure
TypePhoto
Dimensions2560 x 1920
Filesize2.0 MB
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Required AttributionJane Hawkey, Integration and Application Network (ian.umces.edu/media-library)