roadside ditch
Pavement edge trench
A roadside ditch is a shallow channel running alongside a road, designed to collect and drain rainwater away from the pavement.
These ditches prevent flooding and road damage but can be hazardous to drivers who veer off the road: The car slid on ice and ended up in a roadside ditch.
- gullyChannel carved by flowing water
- culvertTunnel for water passage
- drainage pipeTube for removing water
- drainageLiquid removal system
- weedsUnwanted wild plants
gravel · runoff · standing water · muddy · cattails · trench · swale · puddle · overflow · litter · beer cans · debris · creek · stagnant · mosquitoes · dead animal · reeds · slope
- ditchestrench, furrow, gully
- drainagedrain, drains, drain pipe, floor drains, floor drain
roadside ditchstorm drain
Street-level runoff collector
storm sewer · sewer pipe · catch basin · drain pipe · French drain
roadside ditchroad surface
Paved driving layer
roadway · travel lane · pavement · centerline
road, roads, roadway, roadways, roadside, side, sides, sided, siding