A levee (from the French for "raised") is a natural or artificial embankment, usually earthen, which parallels the course of a river. Usually the term levee in Louisiana implies a man made feature constructed for the purpose of flood control.
An embankment constructed along a river or stream to prevent flooding.
A long continuous ridge built by people along the banks of a stream to contain the water during times of high flow. Natural levees can also be built along the banks of a stream. When the flood water decelerates upon leaving the channel, sediments quickly drop out of suspension and build a ridge over time.
A protective barrier built along the banks of a stream to prevent flooding. See also natural levee.
An embankment built alongside a river to prevent high water from flooding the surrounding land.
Ridge of coarse deposits found alongside the stream channels and elevated above the floodplain. Forms from the deposition of sediment during floods.
An outward sloping raised area on each side of a lava channel. Analogous to a river levee, it is built up by successive lava layers whenever the channel overflows.
(also called bund or dike). An embankment of soil for retaining water inside the ricefield. A dike made of soil to retain water in rice fields.
A man-made embankment that controls or confines water.
A ridge along a stream bank, formed by deposits left when floodwater slowed on leaving the channel; also, an artificial barrier to floods built in the same form.
(1) An EMBANKMENT to prevent inundation. (2) (SMP) A large DIKE or EMBANKMENT, often having an access road along the top, which is designed as part of a system to protect land from floods.
a continuous ridge of embankment for confining drainage to the desired area
an artificial sloped embankment on a river, designed to contain rising floodwaters
an earth dam that runs along a river instead of across it
an embankment along a body of water, usually a river or stream
an embankment that runs parallel along a body of water and is designed to provide hurricane or flood protection to adjacent lands from seasonal high water or storm surge
a physical barrier constructed to protect areas from rising floodwaters
a small manmade hill designed to hold back flood water during heavy rains
a type of dam that runs along the banks of a
a wall to keep the river out of your living room
a high earthern ridge built to keep nearby land from flooding (similar to a dike)
An embankment or raised area that prevents water from moving from one place to another.
a constructed embankment designed to prevent flooding.
An embankment, generally landward of top bank, that confines flow during high-water periods, thus preventing flooding into lowlands.
a structure that raises the banks of a river; it increases the channel's water-holding capacity and makes it more difficult for water to overflow onto the surrounding land.
a continuous ridge of earth designed to confine water and prevent flooding
Raised embankment of a river, showing a gentle slope away from the channel. It results from periodic overbank flooding, when coarser sediment is immediately deposited due to a reduction in velocity.
An embankment constructed to prevent a river or stream from flooding adjacent lands.
Artificial bank confining a stream channel or limiting adjacent areas subject to flooding; an embankment bordering a submarine canyon or channel, usually occurring along the outer edge of a curve.
An embankment raised to prevent a river from overflowing or to protect land from other rising water. In New Orleans, levees are usually huge, sloping mounds of earth running along the Mississippi River, the outfall canals, and Lake Pontchartrain.
A dike used for flood protection.
A fill embankment used to protect areas from rising floodwaters from streams or rivers.
An embankment constructed to prevent a river from overflowing (flooding).
An alluvial bank built up on either side of a river.
A berm or low ridge of unconsolidated material, usually sand and gravel, adjacent to a stream or tidal channel.
A structure of earth or stone built parallel to a river to protect land from flooding.
Raised bank of earth built to control or confine water (also known as a dike).
A long, narrow embankment usually built to protect land from flooding. If built of concrete or masonary the structure is usually referred to as a flood wall. Levees and floodwalls confine streamflow within a specified area to prevent flooding. The term "dike" is used to describe an embankment that blocks an area on a reservoir or lake rim that is lower than the top of the dam.
A natural levee is a deposit of alluvium which is raised above the general level of the banks of a stream and its flood plain. Man-made levees may be constructed along the course of a river or stream in order to contain flood waters.
A man-made structure, usually an earthen embankment often reinforced with soil cement, that is designed to contain or divert the flow of water.
an embankment of earth along a riverbank designed to protect low-lying land from flooding.
an embankment bordering a canyon, valley, or seachannel LEVU
An embankment to prevent inundation, usually on or along the bank of a stream or lake to protect outer lowlands.(See Dike)
natural or manmade embankment flanking a stream (bank, berm).
a natural or manmade earthen barrier along the edge of a stream, lake, or river. Land alongside rivers can be protected from flooding by levees.
A constructed embankment to prevent a river overflowing.
a barrier usually made of earth or clay, which runs alongside a waterway to keep it from overflowing
An embankment raised to prevent a river from over flowing
An embankment, continuous dike or ridge.
An embankment whose primary purpose is to furnish flood protection from seasonal high water, which means that levees are subject to water loading for periods of only a few days or weeks a year.
a high earth ridge built to keep nearby land from flooding (same as dike)
A low ridge or mound along a stream bank, formed by deposits left when floodwater slows down on leaving the channel.
a raised bank along a river, occurring naturally as the result of deposits left during successive floods. [AHDOS
