Hi!
I've been lurking here a while & this is my first post!
I'm designing a food forest on a slope and would like to put some smallish swales in. I see a ton of info about how to find contour, but little about choosing the contour itself. In a blank canvas landscape, it seems you could choose any random line of contour for a swale. Is there a way to determine where the best placement would be? Or is it just common sense based on how water might flow down the landscape? So, for example, swales should be on the downhill side of the steepest bits, like at the foot of what are kind of natural terraces in the land. (And maybe up above these spots too.)
Hope that makes sense. Thanks!
Jana
