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Riprap

Riprap (in North American English), also known as rip rap, rip-rap, shot rock, rock armour (in British English) or rubble, is human-placed rock or other hard, heavy, unconsolidated material used to protect shoreline structures against scour and water, wave, or ice erosion. Riprap is used to armor shorelines, streambeds, bridge abutments, foundational…

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Riprap

Nodes31
Edges30
Triples20
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.064516
Components1

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Riprap

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related to External links · 7
Riprap → Bureau, Crushed, DNRUSGS Minerals Yearbook, Natural Resources, Ohio Dept, Reclamation, Stone
related to Gallery · 5
Riprap → Concrete, DolosModular, Galveston Seawall, Mississippi RiverRiprap, San Francisco Bay
has effect · 4
Riprap → Additionally, One, The, This
related to Changes in organic material and the ecosystem · 3
Riprap → By, Introducing, While

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used also rock structures shoreline rubble concrete water erosion material blocks modular well sediment changes organic ecosystem scour armor shorelines

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
a geotextile fabric or smaller riprapinstance ofthe soil beneath the riprap can be eroded if the rock was just placed on top without any buffer between the layers0.80text
Ripraphas effectOne0.60section
Ripraphas effectThis0.60section
Ripraphas effectThe0.60section
Ripraphas effectAdditionally0.60section
Ripraprelated to Changes in organic material and the ecosystemIntroducing0.60section
Ripraprelated to Changes in organic material and the ecosystemWhile0.60section
Ripraprelated to Changes in organic material and the ecosystemBy0.60section
Ripraprelated to External linksOhio Dept0.60section
Ripraprelated to External linksNatural Resources0.60section
Ripraprelated to External linksBureau0.60section
Ripraprelated to External linksReclamation0.60section

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