Landower's Guide to Managing Streams in the Eastern United States

Authors: L.A. Helfrich, Extension specialist and professor, Virginia Tech; D.L. Weigmann, director, Office of Science and Technology, State of Nevada; R.J. Neves, leader, Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Publication Number 420-141, posted December 1998

A pair of gabions (rock-filled wire cages), here used as wing deflectors, divert the current away from the banks, narrow and deepen the channel, and increase flow.

Return to the Wing Deflectors section of In-Stream Habitat Improvement Structures.