In this case, the landscape includes plants and mulch on the high ground and a swath of river rock on the low ground where it serves as a dry creek bed to direct rainwater. When space permits ...

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The study measured erosion rates by analyzing river sediment and the amount ... The study "really demonstrates the importance of rock type in landscape evolution," says Schoenbohm.