dike
Earthen water wall
A dike is an embankment built to hold back water and prevent flooding, especially in low-lying coastal areas: The Dutch have maintained dikes for centuries.
Dike also means a long mass of igneous rock that cuts through other rock formations.
As a verb, to dike is to build such barriers.
Separately, dyke (also spelled dike) is slang for a lesbian, often derogatory when used by outsiders but sometimes reclaimed within the community.
River flood barrier
- damWater-holding barrier
- seawallCoastal erosion barrier
- floodwallBarrier against rising water
- embankmentRaised earth structure
bund · bulwark · rampart · barrage · cofferdam · weir · breakwater · groyne
Northwestern European constitutional monarchy
- polderDiked tract below sea level
- Low CountriesThree small European nations
- New OrleansLouisiana's largest city
- fenlandMarshy low-lying ground
delta · coastal · riverbank · marsh · wetland · tidal · estuary · floodplain
Unauthorized entry into space
- sillWindow's bottom ledge
- basaltFine-grained volcanic stone
- igneousFormed from cooled magma
- magmaMolten rock underground
pluton · volcanic · vein · outcrop · bedrock · fault · lava · magmatic
Study of pressurized liquids
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- constructionProcess of building something
- earthworksConstructed soil fortifications
- drainageLiquid removal system
irrigation · reclamation · canal · reservoir · culvert · aqueduct · waterway · erosion control
Overwhelming surge of water
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- breachBreaking of agreement
floodplain · high water · runoff · drainage · torrent · spate · submersion · flood stage
levee
River flood barrier
embankment · bund · bulwark · rampart · barrage · cofferdam · weir · breakwater · groyne · jetty
Netherlands
Northwestern European constitutional monarchy
- polderDiked tract below sea level
- Low CountriesThree small European nations
- New OrleansLouisiana's largest city
fenland · delta · coastal · riverbank · marsh · wetland · tidal · estuary · floodplain · reclaimed land
intrusion
Unauthorized entry into space
magma · pluton · volcanic · vein · outcrop · bedrock · fault · lava · magmatic · tectonics
hydraulics
Study of pressurized liquids
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- constructionProcess of building something
- earthworksConstructed soil fortifications
drainage · irrigation · reclamation · canal · reservoir · culvert · aqueduct · waterway · erosion control · sediment
inundation
Overwhelming surge of water
breach · floodplain · high water · runoff · drainage · torrent · spate · submersion · flood stage · flashflood
- DutchDutch, Holland, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Rotterdam
- earthen structuresadobe, cob, rammed earth, mudbrick, earthen wall
- water managementwater supply, dam, water district, water authority, water allocation
- Yangtze RiverYangtze, Yangtze River, Three Gorges, Three Gorges Dam, gorges
- Belgian Coastdunes, sand beaches, beach huts, beach cabins, promenade
- floodsflood damage, flood warning, deluge, flood warnings, flash floods
dikebreach
Breaking of agreement
opening · gap · flood · inundation · levee breach
- finger in the dikeTemporary measure averting crisis