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Slide 8B

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Down stream of the silt trap the picture is quite different. The gully is deeper and wider and is still eroding. The silt trap stops silt moving downstream and protecting the gully sides. The gradient of the gully has been increased at this point. Water flowing over the silt trap has greater energy than it did before.
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