flood defenses
River overflow prevention
Flood defenses are structures and systems designed to protect areas from flooding—levees, dams, sea walls, flood gates, and drainage channels.
The term appears most often in British English; Americans more commonly say flood control or flood protection.
The city invested millions in flood defenses after the hurricane.
- dikesRaised barriers against flooding
- leveesEarthen flood barriers
- embankmentsRaised earth structures
- seawallsCoastal flood barriers
- wetlands restorationReviving degraded marsh ecosystems
dams · floodwalls · mangroves · reforestation · sandbags · sand bags · sea level rise · rain gardens · polders · disaster preparedness · climate adaptation · evacuation plans · culverts · green roofs · breakwater · waterlogged · river bank · pumps
- floodsdeluge, flash floods, spring floods, coastal floods, floodwater
- fortificationsfort, fortress, fortresses, citadel, citadels
- port historyLiverpool, Rotterdam, colonial ports, ancient harbors, harbor towns
PROTECTIVE vs. DESTRUCTIVE FORCES
flood defensesfloods
Overflowing onto dry land
flooding · inundation · deluge · flash floods · storm surge