Slough definition

Slough means any swamp, marsh, bog, pond, side-channel, or backwater connected to a river by water. Waters called sloughs that are not connected to a river are considered lakes.
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Slough means a swamp, bog, or marsh, especially one that is part of an inlet or backwater;
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Slough means (A) a low, swampy ground or overflow channels where water flows sluggishly for considerable distances; (B) a side channel slough formed by channelization; (C) a sluggish channel of water, such as a side channel of a stream, in which water flows slowly through low, swampy ground, or a section of an abandoned stream channel containing water most or all of the year, but with flow only at high water, and occurring in a flood plain or delta; (D) a marsh tract lying in a shallow, undrained depression on a piece of dry ground; (E) term used for a creek or sluggish body of water in a bottomland.
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Examples of Slough in a sentence

  • REASON In the interests of the visual amenity of the area and accordance with Policy EN3 of The Adopted Local Plan for Slough 2004.

  • REASON To ensure a satisfactory appearance of the development so as not to prejudice the visual amenity of the locality in accordance with Policy EN1 of The Adopted Local Plan for Slough 2004.

  • It was agreed at Planning Committee in October 2012 that it was not necessary to carry out a full scale review of Slough’s Development Plan at present, and that instead the parts of the current adopted Development Plan or Slough should all be republished in a single ‘Composite Development Plan’ for Slough.

  • The policies that form the Slough Local Development Plan are to be applied in conjunction with a statement of intent with regard to the presumption in favour of sustainable development.

  • The Local Planning Authority has published a self assessment of the Consistency of the Slough Local Development Plan with the National Planning Policy Framework using the PAS NPPF Checklist.

  • The Planning Committee endorsed the use of this Composite Local Plan for Slough in July 2013.

  • Slough and slides may be left in place, provided surface drainage is provided and at least 12 feet of width is available for vehicle passage.

  • Slough material from ditch cleaning shall not be mixed with aggregate surfacing or left on the road surface unless otherwise agreed.

  • Slough material from ditch cleaning, if suitable, may be placed and blended into the existing road surface or shoulders or placed in a designed berm during surface blading.

  • Slough material removed from the ditch may be blended into existing native road surface or shoulder only if it is the same material as the road surface.


More Definitions of Slough

Slough means Slough Estates USA Inc.
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