How do riparian areas protect property?
Rivers and streams are dynamic systems. Flow amounts vary greatly from season-to-season and year-to-year, and river paths change over time. The land and plants along rivers and streams act like sponges, slowing and absorbing excess flows during times of high water and floods, and then slowly releasing water over a period of time. These areas also allow river channels to migrate over time, as they naturally do, without threatening property.
