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Contexto: "Planners need to consider how to make entire catchments more resilient to extreme events. It is suggested that nature-based solutions should be implemented across whole catchments, including ecological conservation and restoring functionality (i.e., mountain closure, banning of logging of natural forests) for water storage and slowing downstream flow in the upper reaches;"
Fonte: CHANGJIA, L; TONG, L; BOJIE, F; SHUAI, W; HOLDEN, J. Sustainable city development challenged by extreme weather in a warming world. Geography and Sustainability, Beijing Normal University (BNU), China, Volume 3, Issue 2, June 2022, Pages 114-118, Disponível em: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666683922000335?via%3Dihub . Acesso em: 03 de julho de 2022.

Termo equivalente: a jusante!

Definição: "A river moves more slowly as it nears its mouth, or end. This causes sediment, solid material carried downstream by currents, to fall to the river bottom."
Fonte: Delta, National Geographic,2022. Disponível em: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/delta . Acesso em: 03 de julho de 2022.

Definição em português: "Um rio se move mais lentamente à medida que se aproxima de sua foz ou fim. Isso faz com que o sedimento, material sólido levado rio abaixo pelas correntes, caia no fundo do rio."