dikes
Water-blocking embankments
Dikes are embankments built to hold back water and prevent flooding, especially along rivers or coastlines: The dikes of the Netherlands reclaim land from the sea.
A dike can also be a ditch or channel for drainage.
In geology, a dike is a sheet of rock that cuts across existing formations.
The spelling dyke is common outside American English. (Lowercase dykes as slang for lesbians is covered separately.)
River flood barrier
- floodwallBarrier against rising water
- embankmentRaised earth structure
- bermRaised strip alongside roads
- damWater-holding barrier
floodgate · breakwater · bulwark · rampart · earthwork · bund · retaining wall · groyne
Study of pressurized liquids
- drainageLiquid removal system
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
- polderDiked tract below sea level
canal · sluice · floodgates · waterway · spillway · culvert · aqueduct · reservoir
Unauthorized entry into space
- magmaMolten rock underground
- basaltFine-grained volcanic stone
- sillWindow's bottom ledge
- plutonSubterranean cooled magma body
igneous · fissure · crystallization · country rock · volcanic · petrology · mineral vein · solidification
Structures preventing water overflow
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
- flood preventionStopping water overflow damage
emergency · coastal defense · breach · overflow · inundation · resilience · maintenance · inspection
levee
River flood barrier
- floodwallBarrier against rising water
- embankmentRaised earth structure
- bermRaised strip alongside roads
dam · floodgate · breakwater · bulwark · rampart · earthwork · bund · retaining wall · groyne · jetty
hydraulics
Study of pressurized liquids
- drainageLiquid removal system
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
polder · canal · sluice · floodgates · waterway · spillway · culvert · aqueduct · reservoir · lock
intrusion
Unauthorized entry into space
pluton · igneous · fissure · crystallization · country rock · volcanic · petrology · mineral vein · solidification · tabular
flood defense
Structures preventing water overflow
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
flood prevention · emergency · coastal defense · breach · overflow · inundation · resilience · maintenance · inspection · failure
- Yellow RiverYellow River, Loess Plateau, river source, river bend, tributaries
- Red River ValleyRed River, Winnipeg, Fargo, Manitoba, North Dakota
- Dutch-Belgian InfrastructureSchiphol, canals, waterways, levees, A1
- geotechnicssoil, soil type, soil classification, soil structure, subsurface
- WesermarschBerne, marshland
- DutchDutch, Holland, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Rotterdam
dikesspillways
Dam overflow passages
sluices · floodgates · drains · culverts · canals
dikesgaps
Unfilled spaces between
breaches · openings · floodplains · inlets · flood zones
- finger in the dikeTemporary measure averting crisis