Land-treatment practices, such as contour farming and construction of water-retention structures, can reduce the amount of rapid runoff to a stream system and thus reduce stream peaks.
(Land-treatment practices, such as contour farming and construction of water-retention structures; can reduce; the amount of rapid runoff; to a stream system)
Land-treatment practices, such as contour farming and construction of water-retention structures
can reduce
the amount of rapid runoff to a stream system