GABIONS INTRODUCTION and application
Gabions are wire mesh baskets or mattresses filled with stone. Gabion baskets are often used to stabilize slopes, armor pipe outlet structures or construct retaining walls. Gabion walls are permeable, strong, flexible, and often able to tolerate differential settlement. Gabion walls are typically combined with a geotextile to control erosion and scour in hydraulic applications such as streambank stabilization.
