embankment
River's earthen wall
An embankment is a raised bank of earth or stone, typically built to hold back water or carry a road or railway above the surrounding level.
Rivers have embankments to prevent flooding; trains run along embankments to maintain grade.
The path along the embankment offered views of the river below.
Fortified defensive wall
- earthworkConstructed soil structure
- bastionFortified defensive position
- parapetLow wall at edge
- breastworkTemporary defensive barrier
bulwark · redoubt · entrenchment · defensive · mound · siege · moat · battlement
Cutting slopes into steps
- retaining wallStructure preventing soil collapse
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- bermRaised strip alongside roads
- moundHeaped earth formation
contour · drainage · planting · grass · vegetation · erosion · fill dirt · compaction
Coastal erosion barrier
- breakwaterCoastal wave-blocking structure
- jettyStructure extending into water
- groyneCoastal anti-erosion structure
- revetmentErosion control structure
riprap · bulkhead · shoreline · erosion control · armoring · gabion · geotextile · scour
rampart
Fortified defensive wall
breastwork · bulwark · redoubt · entrenchment · defensive · mound · siege · moat · battlement · stockade
terracing
Cutting slopes into steps
- retaining wallStructure preventing soil collapse
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- bermRaised strip alongside roads
mound · contour · drainage · planting · grass · vegetation · erosion · fill dirt · compaction · gravel
seawall
Coastal erosion barrier
- breakwaterCoastal wave-blocking structure
- jettyStructure extending into water
- groyneCoastal anti-erosion structure
revetment · riprap · bulkhead · shoreline · erosion control · armoring · gabion · geotextile · scour · tidal
trackbed
Railway's supporting base
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- viaductArched span crossing valleys
- gradientRate of change across space
ballast · sleeper · right-of-way · causeway · railroad · train · slope · grading · fill · elevated
- earthen structuresadobe, cob, rammed earth, mudbrick, earthen wall
- water managementwater supply, dam, water district, water authority, water allocation
- hillfortshillfort, hill fort, rampart, ramparts, earthwork
- leveeslevee, levee breach, dike, floodwall, flood wall
- reservoir damspillway, penstock, crest, sluice gate
- roadbedroadbed, trackbed, track bed, railbed, subgrade
embankmentcutting
Dividing via sharp edge
trench · ditch · excavation · depression · channel