levee
Riverside earthen wall
A levee is an embankment built along a river to prevent flooding.
Levees may be natural formations from sediment deposits or engineered structures of earth, concrete, or other materials: The levees failed during the hurricane.
In American English, levee also means a landing place or pier along a river.
Separately, a levee is a formal reception, originally one held by a monarch upon rising—from the French word for getting up.
Wall against flooding
- bermRaised strip alongside roads
- earthworkConstructed soil structure
- floodwallBarrier against rising water
- moundHeaped earth formation
bank · dam · ridge · bund · spillway · retaining wall · seawall · revetment
Southern state or major river
- deltaSymbol denoting variation
- tributaryStream entering larger river
- riparianRelating to riverbanks
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
meander · sediment · streamflow · channel · current · fluvial · discharge · erosion
Trial venue or sports surface
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- royalOf monarchs
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
formal · presentation · sovereign · palace · nobility · aristocracy · courtiers · throne room
Preserving working condition
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- certificationAttestation of qualification
setback · right-of-way · engineering · reinforcement · monitoring · assessment · improvement · FEMA
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Wall against flooding
- bermRaised strip alongside roads
- earthworkConstructed soil structure
- floodwallBarrier against rising water
mound · bank · dam · ridge · bund · spillway · retaining wall · seawall · revetment · buttress
Mississippi
Southern state or major river
confluence · meander · sediment · streamflow · channel · current · fluvial · discharge · erosion · siltation
court
Trial venue or sports surface
monarch · formal · presentation · sovereign · palace · nobility · aristocracy · courtiers · throne room · diplomatic
maintenance
Preserving working condition
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
certification · setback · right-of-way · engineering · reinforcement · monitoring · assessment · improvement · FEMA · construction
- earthen structuresadobe, cob, rammed earth, mudbrick, earthen wall
- Louisiana coastbayou, Mississippi Delta, barrier island, salt marsh, Lake Pontchartrain
- Louisiana wetlandsbayou, marshes, marshlands, marshland, bayous
- river deltasNile Delta, Mississippi Delta, Ganges Delta, Mekong Delta, distributary
- water managementwater supply, dam, water district, water authority, water allocation
- Yangtze RiverYangtze, Yangtze River, Three Gorges, Three Gorges Dam, gorges
leveefloodplain
Flood-prone riverside lowland
lowland · depression · basin · bottomland · flood zone
leveeflood zone
Area susceptible to inundation
inundation · floodwaters · deluge · overflow · submersion
- water levelHeight of liquid surface
- sea levelElevation reference point
- next levelExceptionally high quality
- level upAdvance in rank
- energy levelAmount of vitality available
- level withSpeak honestly to
level, lever, elevator, elevate, leverage, elevation, levy, levitate, levied