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Categories: Riparian zone, Fluvial landforms, Flood control, Dikes, All Wikipedia articles written in American English

levee dyke Deferred tributary dike dike construction

An embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing WordNet 3.0

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An embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A levee, dike, dyke, embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is a structure that is usually earthen and that often runs parallel to the course of a river in its floodplain or along low-lying coastlines. Wikipedia

A "rising" on a river bank, either one formed naturally by the periodic flooding of rivers or a man-made barrier created to control floods Wikipedia Disambiguation

An artificial wall, embankment, ridge, or mound, usually of earth or rock fill, built around a relatively flat, low-lying area to protect it from flooding. OmegaWiki

An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi. Wiktionary

Embankment to prevent inundation. Wiktionary (translation)

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embankment

flood defense

civil engineering construction

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