Stormwater follows through a roadside swale and stormwater detention pond in Clarksburg, Maryland
By Chesapeake Bay Activities
2025 (approx.)
Detailed Description
Stormwater follows through a roadside swale and stormwater detention pond in Clarksburg, Maryland. These stormwater features are visible as depressions on a geospatial dataset called topographic openness. Topographic openness measures how open (flat) or closed (depression) a feature is.
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