Riprap
Riprap uses rock, coarse stone or boulders on the edge of a bank or water shore to provide shoreline erosion control. Riprap can be an integral part of a shoreline landscape and has several advantages over other materials such as concrete, wooden seawall or steel sheet piling.
» The most cost effective solution
» The most eco-friendly solution
» It can be colonized by some insect and native plant species
» It can blend into the shoreline and be partially hidden by reestablished vegetation.
» It does not act as a barrier for organisms that move in and out of the water. |
