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levee
verb
levee
noun
levee
verb
levee

levee VB

levee
بنى سد

levee <a levee; levees> N ARCHIT

levee VB

levee

levee ELEC
سد أو حاجز لمنع الفيضان
levee GEOL
شاطئ
levee GEOL
شط

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The most frequent (and dangerous) form of levee failure is a "breach".
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A levee bank was built on the eastern side to protect the adjacent residential areas from floodwater.
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A collection of these channels and levees along with overbank sediments form a channel-levee complex.
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Viewed from the levee or the railroad tracks, the church steeples crown downtown.
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Nine levees were breached, and there were at least 270 landslides.
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This area of civil engineering is intimately related to the design of bridges, dams, channels, canals, and levees, and to both sanitary and environmental engineering.
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The system covers approximately 760 acres and contains four individual wetland cells, in addition to levees, canals and ditches.
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Levees and floodwalls constructed on the back side of the canal help protect settled areas from flooding.
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Levees and floodwalls should be viewed as a way to reduce risks from hurricanes and storm surges, not as measures that completely eliminate risk.
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No one is yet aware that the levees have been breached.
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