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Which inland floods can be managed

Across 31 southeastern watersheds, landscape and flow-regulating features affected floods with return periods up to ten years, while larger floods were not effectively controlled through landscape manipulation alone.

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Mogollon et al., An empirical assessment of which inland floods can be managed, Journal of Environmental Management 167 (2016) 38-48.

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Across 31 southeastern watersheds, landscape and flow-regulating features affected floods with return periods up to ten years, while larger floods were not effectively controlled through landscape manipulation alone.

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