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    A balancing lake (also flood basin or Sustainable urban drainage scheme) is a term used in the U.K. describing a retention basin used to control flooding...
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    of water across two lakes. Both lakes are balancing lakes, designed to mitigate flooding from the River Ouzel. The southern lake offers a wide range of...
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    around it. Not all glacial erractics are balancing rocks; some are firmly seated on the ground. Some balancing erractics have come to be known as rocking...
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  • Balancing Lakes is a local nature reserve on the north-eastern edge of Stafford, in Staffordshire, England. The main purpose of the balancing lakes is...
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    Sustainable urban drainage systems Sustainable Flood Retention Basin Balancing lake United States Environmental Protection Agency. Washington, DC."National...
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    Caldecotte Lake, an important manmade balancing lake that manages flood water on the River Ouzel just as it enters Milton Keynes. The lake is used by...
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    tributary, the River Ouzel, meanders through its linear parks and balancing lakes. Approximately 25% of the urban area is parkland or woodland and includes...
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    a nuclear reactor used to contain a core meltdown. Geography portal Balancing lake (UK) Nationwide Urban Runoff Program (NURP) – US stormwater research...
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    in the civil parish of Shenley Brook End The man-made Furzton Lake is a balancing lake that covers approximately half of the district. The district lies...
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    world. Thomas Mowle and David Sacko describe "soft balancing" as "balancing that does not balance at all." These theoretical efforts are counter-productive...
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    A fish pond or fishpond is a controlled pond, small artificial lake or retention basin that is stocked with fish and is used in aquaculture for fish farming...
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    begins on the Shopping Building (now The Centre:MK); the first balancing lake (Willen Lake) is finished. Borough of Milton Keynes created (as a district...
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    St. James lake, a balancing lake of almost 3 acres (1 ha) created in 1977. Fishing in the lake is managed by a local angling club. The lake is in a 5...
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    a depression, either naturally or artificially. A pond is smaller than a lake and there are no official criteria distinguishing the two, although defining...
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    the town's Radcliffe centre, but 10 miles (16 km) away a system of balancing lakes prevented Milton Keynes from suffering significantly, apart from a...
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    {{citation}}: |author= has generic name (help) ("The Kingdom has no rivers, lakes or any permanent body of standing water..."). Lal, Brij V.; Fortune, Kate...
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  • The lakes at Newton Leys form part of a sustainable drainage system/balancing lake system designed to manage excess water caused by heavy or prolonged...
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    Kevin M. (February 1, 1999). "Stratigraphic Classification of Ancient Lakes: Balancing Tectonic and Climatic Controls" (PDF). Geology. 27 (2): 99–102. Bibcode:1999Geo...
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  • also known as Isis Balancing Storage Gregory Lake (La Jacques-Cartier), Quebec, Canada Lake Gregory (California), United States Lake Gregory (Nuwara Eliya)...
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  • Lake Gregory, also known as the Isis Balancing Storage or simply as The Duckpond is a small impoundment between Bundaberg and Childers in Queensland, Australia...
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    Willen (section Willen Lake)
    district is a large balancing lake on the River Ouzel, designed to capture flash floods lest they cause problems down stream. The lake is split into two...
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  • There is also another ancient village (and now a modern development and balancing lake) in Milton Keynes with a very similar name of Caldecotte. "Buckinghamshire...
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    Retrieved September 15, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Moore, James W. (1989). Balancing the Needs of Water Use. New York: Springer. p. 194. Malathronas, John...
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    in England. The lake was created as a balancing feature in times of flooding from the nearby River Cole. The lake gives its name to Babbs Mill Park, created...
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    brick kilns). The Pavilions at Great Linford Arts Centre Tongwell Lake, a balancing lake, viewed in a south-easterly direction The Nags Head, Great Linford...
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    Godfrey de Lucy, built the 350 m (1,150 ft) long Great Weir to create a balancing lake, known as Alresford Pond, for the Itchen Navigation. Admiral Rodney's...
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  • Christian, Margena A. (May 12, 2008). "Kim Porter 'Keeps Pushing' While Balancing Motherhood and Career". Jet. 113 (18): 56–60. Retrieved November 22, 2023...
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    Kevin M. (1 February 1999). "Stratigraphic classification of ancient lakes: Balancing tectonic and climatic controls". Geology. 27 (2): 99–102. Bibcode:1999Geo...
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    Lake Havasu City (/ˈhɑːvəsuː/, HAH-və-soo) is a city in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 57...
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    lentic ecosystems, which involve relatively still terrestrial waters such as lakes, ponds, and wetlands. Together, these two ecosystems form the more general...
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