soft surface definition

soft surface means areas which allow some rainwater to soak into the earth including, for example, lawns, gardens, gravelled areas, storage ponds, bio-swales or concrete or asphalt designed to be permeable so as to allow water to soak through;

Related to soft surface

  • Pervious surface means an area that releases as runoff a small portion of the precipitation that falls on it. Lawns, gardens, parks, forests or other similar vegetated areas are examples of surfaces that typically are pervious.

  • Underground tank means a device meeting the definition of tank whose entire surface area is totally below the surface of and covered by the ground.

  • Water surface elevation means the height, in relation to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929, the North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988, or other datum, where specified, of floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplains of riverine areas.

  • Water Surface Elevation (WSE) means the height, in relation to NAVD 1988, of floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplains of riverine areas.

  • Impact surface means an interior or exterior surface that is subject to damage by repeated sudden force such as certain parts of door frames.