Ditches at the Ouse Washes nature reserve.

• For use of the ditch as obstacles for horses, see ditch (obstacle)

A ditch is usually defined as a small to moderate depression created to channel water. A ditch can be used for drainage, to drain water from low lying areas, alongside roadways or fields, or to channel water from a more distant source for plant irrigation. A trench can be defined as a long narrow ditch. Ditches are commonly seen around farmland especially in areas that have required drainage, such as The Fens in the UK and the pro-water management Netherlands. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 314 KB) Picture taken by myself, Matthew Matic. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 314 KB) Picture taken by myself, Matthew Matic. ... The Ouse Washes are an area in the Fens of Cambridgeshire, England. ... It has been suggested that Reserve design be merged into this article or section. ... Ditches are commonly seen on cross country courses at all levels of eventing, and may be up to 1110 at the advanced four-star level. ... Impact from a water drop causes an upward rebound jet surrounded by circular capillary waves. ... Drainage is the natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given area. ... Irrigation is the artificial application of water to the soil usually for assisting in growing crops. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Modern arable agriculture typically uses large fields like this one in Dorset, England. ... The Fens may also refer to the Back Bay Fens, a park in Boston, Massachusetts. ...

Roadside ditches can provide a hazard to motorists, especially in poor weather conditions. It is not an uncommon sight in some rural areas to see cars, motorbikes, or bicycles that have crashed into ditches, or to hear of such accidents. Sign in a rural area in Dalarna, Sweden Qichun, a rural town in Hubei province, China An artists rendering of an aerial view of the Maryland countryside: Jane Frank (Jane Schenthal Frank, 1918-1986), Aerial Series: Ploughed Fields, Maryland, 1974, acrylic and mixed materials on apertured double canvas, 52...

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Fortification

In military engineering and fortification, a distinction is made between a ditch and a trench. A ditch is an obstacle, designed to slow down or break up an attacking force, while a trench is cover, intended to provide protection to the defenders. In Medieval fortification, a ditch was often constructed in front of a defensive wall to hinder sapping and escalade. When filled with water, such a defensive ditch is called a moat. Later star forts of Vauban and others comprised elaborate networks of ditches and parapets, carefully calculated so that the soil for the raised earthworks was provided, as nearly as possible, entirely by the excavations whilst also maximising defensive firepower. Today ditches are obsolescent as an anti-personnel obstacle, but are still often used as anti-vehicle obstacles (see also berm). Polish military engineers at work in Pakistan A military engineer is primarily responsible for the design and construction of offensive, defensive and logistical structures for warfare. ... Table of Fortification, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Medieval fortification is the military aspect of Medieval technology that covers the development of fortification construction and use in Europe roughly from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Separation barrier. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Undermining. ... For the SUV vehicle, see Cadillac Escalade. ... The moated manor house of Baddesley Clinton in Warwickshire, England Moats (also known as a Fosse) were deep and wide water-filled trenches, excavated to provide a barrier against attack upon castle ramparts or other fortifications. ... A Star Fort is a fortification in the style that evolved during the Age of Blackpowder when the cannon came to dominate the battlefield. ... Sébastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban and later Marquis de Vauban (May 15, 1633 - March 30, 1707), commonly referred to as Vauban, was a Marshal of France and the foremost military engineer of his age, famed for his skill in both designing fortifications and in breaking through them. ... A parapet consists of a dwarf wall along the edge of a roof, or round a lead flat, terrace walk, etc. ... In civil engineering, earthworks are engineering works created through the moving of massive quantities of soil or unformed stone. ... Look up Berm in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...