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Personally i don't think that flood defences are bad for the environment, pollution is more damaging to the environment then flood defences, but that is just opinion
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What type of flood defences are there?
different types of flood defences
What are flood defenses?
Things like building sand bags and dikes are flood defences.
What IS embankments?
An embankment could mean a raised bank along a river as part of flood defences.
What is an embankment?
An embankment could mean a raised bank along a river as part of flood defences.
How would you use the word overwhelm in a sentence?
The rising tide threatened to overwhelm the flood defences.
What raised area of earth designed to hold back floodwaters?
Flood defences, flood barriers, levees, dikes, floodbanks, embankments, stopbanks, dams, bunds
What is the name of the Embankment On Rivers That Keeps River In Its Channel?
A levee or embankment are two names of flood defences used to keep flood water in the river channel.
How can the effects of flooding be reduced?
by not building on flood plains and building rock defences to keep the waves of land!
Is the area drained by a river called a flood plain?
No, the area drained by a river is a river basin or drainage basin. The flood plain is in the lower valley reaches, where heavy rain can cause the river to flood, often bursting over flood defences, and for the water to flood over a large area.
What are raised areas of earth designed to hold back floodwaters?
It is called a Levee, some places it is called a Dike.
a civil engineer designs mostly?
Roads, buildings, canals, dams, railways, tunnels, flood and coastal defences
How much did the damage cost to boscastle after the flood?
Because of the Boscastle Flood, the village of Boscastle had to pay millions of pounds for repairs and defences for future floods. One family alone had to pay thousands of pounds because their home, car and possessions were totally destroyed.
