Levee
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levee-166-7403558
title:
Levee
text:
A levee, dike, dyke, embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is a structure used to keep the course of rivers from changing and to protect against flooding of the area adjoining the river or coast. It is usually earthen and often runs parallel to the course of a river in its floodplain or along low-lying coastlines. Levees can be naturally occurring ridge structures that form next to the bank of a river or be an artificially constructed fill or wall that regulates water levels. However, levees can b
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Ridge or wall to hold back water
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levee
date created:
2002-03-06T07:33:18Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T22:46:34Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Sacramento_River_Levee.jpg","width":1944,"height":1296}
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13
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