[talk-au] rendering fords
John Henderson
snowgum at gmx.com
Sat May 8 03:37:14 BST 2010
On 08/05/10 11:57, John Smith wrote:
> What is the difference between a ford and a floodway/causeway? I
> thought they were the same thing.
I've always understood a causeway to be a longish raised road that keeps
you out of the water when travelling across an otherwise wet area.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causeway
And a floodway to be a section of road that you wouldn't usually need to
slow for, but which might be subject to brief flooding after local rain.
John H
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