Planting trees around rivers could reduce the height of flooding in towns by up to 20%, new research suggests.
A study for the Environment Agency concludes that trees round a feeder stream can slow the rush of rainwater and save properties from flooding.
But it warns that natural flood prevention methods do not always work.
And it urges a strategic approach because foresting a whole catchment would be counter-productive.
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Israel on 1920s had big areas of marsh and wet lands. Pioneers planted Eucalyptus trees and these can take 20 buckets of water a day. Needles to add no marshes since .