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Flooding and drains

Rivers and lakes

Land drainage comes from rivers, watercourses, ditches, pipes, lakes and ponds.

If a watercourse or ditch has been piped then it is known as a culverted watercourse.

Land drainage falls under two main categories: main rivers and ordinary watercourses.

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