flood wall
Riverside protective structure
A flood wall is a barrier built to prevent water from overflowing onto land during floods, storms, or high tides.
Unlike earthen levees, flood walls are typically constructed of concrete or steel and rise vertically, making them practical where space is limited: The city reinforced its flood walls after the hurricane.
- leveeRiver flood barrier
- dikeWall against flooding
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- embankmentRaised earth structure
- surgeSudden powerful increase
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- barriersfences, fence, barrier, gates, privacy fence
- wallsdrywall, bulkhead, rampart, bastion, bulwark
- waterfront structureslighthouse, wharf, pier, boat house, jetty
- riverfrontriverbank, dock area, riverboat, boat launch, river walk
- flood controllevee, levees, dike, dikes, dykes
- leveeslevee, levee breach, embankment, dike, floodwall
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