The space for water is composed of spaces of many media related to water, such as forest, wetland, flood plain, soil and underground media contained water.

流域水空间是与径流密切相关、直接受洪水波及的地表以及此范围内地下含水层系统所共同占据的空间。

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Article 37 No one may throw away or pile up objects or plant forest trees or high stalk crops in rivers, lakes, reservoirs, canals or channels, which block the passage of flood water.

第三十七条禁止在江河、湖泊、水库、运河、渠道内弃置、堆放阻碍行洪的物体和种植阻碍行洪的林木及高秆作物。

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Grassland and forest of watershed can drop down the flood peak and achieve self-restraint of the water.

流域草地和林地具有消减洪峰，涵养水源的功能。

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Dams for irrigation, meanwhile, have a doubly damaging impact on fisheries: they not only hold back water, but also encourage the conversion of forest to farmland in the flood-plain.

ECONOMIST: The Mekong river