diked
Surrounded by embankments
Diked describes land protected or enclosed by dikes—embankments built to hold back water: diked farmland reclaimed from the sea, the diked lowlands of the Netherlands.
The term appears in geography and agriculture where water control shapes the landscape.
Also spelled dyked.
River flood barrier
- embankmentRaised earth structure
- seawallCoastal erosion barrier
- floodwallBarrier against rising water
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
drained · reclaimed · protected · polder · berm · earthwork · waterproofed · shored
levee
River flood barrier
- embankmentRaised earth structure
- seawallCoastal erosion barrier
- floodwallBarrier against rising water
barrier · drained · reclaimed · protected · polder · berm · earthwork · waterproofed · shored · reinforced
polder
Diked tract below sea level
- NetherlandsNorthwestern European constitutional monarchy
- reclaimedTaken back; salvaged
- drainedEmptied of resources
pumped · lowland · farmland · marsh · wetland · coastal · sea-level · Dutch · agricultural · enclosed
intrusion
Unauthorized entry into space
vertical · basalt · sill · volcanic · fissure · fracture · bedrock · crystalline · plutonic · injected
dikedunprotected
Without safeguard or shield
flooded · inundated · submerged · unbanked · overflowed
dikedfree-flowing
Moving without restriction
unconstrained · unrestricted · open · undammed · uncontained
dikedunenclosed
Not surrounded or contained
open · exposed · unbounded · unprotected · unbanked
- finger in the dikeTemporary measure averting crisis