embanking
Raising earthen barriers
Embanking is the act of confining or protecting with an embankment—a raised barrier of earth or stone.
Rivers are embanked to prevent flooding; railways are embanked to maintain level track across uneven terrain.
The crew spent weeks embanking the river before the rainy season.
River flood barrier
- dikeWall against flooding
- earthworkConstructed soil structure
- bermRaised strip alongside roads
- retaining wallStructure preventing soil collapse
geotechnical · compaction · grading · excavation · fill · stabilization · reinforcement · slope
Cutting slopes into steps
- earthworksConstructed soil fortifications
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- contourBounding line of shape
- moundingBuilding into raised piles
raised beds · retaining · topsoil · swale
Coastal erosion barrier
- breakwaterCoastal wave-blocking structure
- groinHip-thigh junction
- jettyStructure extending into water
- revetmentErosion control structure
coastal defense · erosion control · riprap · bulkhead · wave attenuation · reclamation
Dividing via sharp edge
- trackbedRailway's supporting base
- gradeClassification by rank
- right-of-wayLegal passage entitlement
- ballastShip stability material
rail corridor · gradient · formation · railbed · siding
levee
River flood barrier
retaining wall · geotechnical · compaction · grading · excavation · fill · stabilization · reinforcement · slope · foundation
terracing
Cutting slopes into steps
- earthworksConstructed soil fortifications
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- contourBounding line of shape
mounding · raised beds · retaining · topsoil · swale
seawall
Coastal erosion barrier
- breakwaterCoastal wave-blocking structure
- groinHip-thigh junction
- jettyStructure extending into water
revetment · coastal defense · erosion control · riprap · bulkhead · wave attenuation · reclamation
cutting
Dividing via sharp edge
- trackbedRailway's supporting base
- gradeClassification by rank
- right-of-wayLegal passage entitlement
ballast · rail corridor · gradient · formation · railbed · siding
- fortifyingfortifying, reinforcing, barricading, shoring up, buttressing
- land changeslandslides, earthquake, erosion, landslide, earthquakes
embankingbreaching
Breaking through something
demolishing · leveling · excavating · digging out · dismantling
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