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Published:
November 11, 2001
Originator:
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
Categorized in:
Backgrounder
Associated with:
Forestry Workgroup

Riparian forests are essential interfaces between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. They intercept surface runoff, subsurface flow and deeper ground water flows for purposes of removing or buffering effects from nutrients, pesticides or other pollutants which could otherwise enter streams and other larger bodies of water.

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