dyking
Constructing water barriers
Dyking is the construction or maintenance of dikes—embankments built to control water, prevent flooding, or reclaim land from the sea.
The term appears most often in contexts of coastal engineering and land management: The Dutch have centuries of experience with dyking.
In some regions, dyking also refers to digging drainage ditches.
River flood barrier
- embankmentRaised earth structure
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- excavationAct of unearthing
- gradingAssigning marks to work
compaction · shoring · piling · reinforcement · retaining · revetment · berm · seawall
Structure blocking rising water
- flood defenseStructures preventing water overflow
- floodgateWater-controlling barrier mechanism
- spillwayDam's water release structure
- water managementControlling aquatic resource distribution
erosion prevention · flood mitigation · storm surge · hydrology · watershed · reservoir · sluice · weir
Artificial water supply for agriculture
- drainageLiquid removal system
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
- polderDiked tract below sea level
- paddyFlooded rice-growing field
fieldwork · water table · canal · channel · sluice · lowland · fenland · marshland
Extracting underwater sediment
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- repairsRestorative maintenance work
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- stabilizationProcess of becoming steady
restoration · upkeep · servicing · preservation · siltation · erosion · monitoring · patching
levee
River flood barrier
- embankmentRaised earth structure
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- excavationAct of unearthing
grading · compaction · shoring · piling · reinforcement · retaining · revetment · berm · seawall · cofferdam
flood barrier
Structure blocking rising water
- flood defenseStructures preventing water overflow
- floodgateWater-controlling barrier mechanism
- spillwayDam's water release structure
water management · erosion prevention · flood mitigation · storm surge · hydrology · watershed · reservoir · sluice · weir · culvert
irrigation
Artificial water supply for agriculture
- drainageLiquid removal system
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
- polderDiked tract below sea level
paddy · fieldwork · water table · canal · channel · sluice · lowland · fenland · marshland · waterlogging
dredging
Extracting underwater sediment
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- repairsRestorative maintenance work
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
stabilization · restoration · upkeep · servicing · preservation · siltation · erosion · monitoring · patching · resurfacing