bioswale

As nouns the difference between riprap and bioswale

is that riprap is an underwater bank seen as a danger to shipping while bioswale is a type of biofilter designed to remove silt and pollution from surface runoff, consisting of a swaled drainage course with gently sloped sides and filled with vegetation, compost and/or riprap.

As a verb riprap

is to form a riprap in or upon.

As nouns the difference between compost and bioswale

is that compost is the decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer while bioswale is a type of biofilter designed to remove silt and pollution from surface runoff, consisting of a swaled drainage course with gently sloped sides and filled with vegetation, compost and/or riprap.

As a verb compost

is to produce compost, let organic matter decay into fertilizer.

As nouns the difference between vegetation and bioswale

is that vegetation is vegetation while bioswale is a type of biofilter designed to remove silt and pollution from surface runoff, consisting of a swaled drainage course with gently sloped sides and filled with vegetation, compost and/or riprap.

As nouns the difference between course and bioswale

is that course is a sequence of events while bioswale is a type of biofilter designed to remove silt and pollution from surface runoff, consisting of a swaled drainage course with gently sloped sides and filled with vegetation, compost and/or riprap.

As a verb course

is to run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).

As an adverb course

is alternative form of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between drainage and bioswale

is that drainage is while bioswale is a type of biofilter designed to remove silt and pollution from surface runoff, consisting of a swaled drainage course with gently sloped sides and filled with vegetation, compost and/or riprap.

As a verb swaled

is past tense of swale.

As a noun bioswale is

a type of biofilter designed to remove silt and pollution from surface runoff, consisting of a swaled drainage course with gently sloped sides and filled with vegetation, compost and/or riprap.

As nouns the difference between pollution and bioswale

is that pollution is the act of polluting or the state of being polluted, especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances while bioswale is a type of biofilter designed to remove silt and pollution from surface runoff, consisting of a swaled drainage course with gently sloped sides and filled with vegetation, compost and/or riprap.

As nouns the difference between silt and bioswale

is that silt is mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water while bioswale is a type of biofilter designed to remove silt and pollution from surface runoff, consisting of a swaled drainage course with gently sloped sides and filled with vegetation, compost and/or riprap.

As a verb silt

is to clog or fill with silt.

As nouns the difference between biofilter and bioswale

is that biofilter is any device for carrying out biofiltration while bioswale is a type of biofilter designed to remove silt and pollution from surface runoff, consisting of a swaled drainage course with gently sloped sides and filled with vegetation, compost and/or riprap.

As a verb biofilter

is to filter by means of biofiltration.