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Une levée (fem.). Lever (verb) means 'to raise', so the raised line of ground built to contain the river is 'une levée'.

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How do you say stop in French?

s'arrêter - un arrêt


Please stop in french?

Stop is also use in french, but you can use "Arête", it's a synonym.


Does putting a french word before English numbers count as counting in french?

No, counting in French involves using French numbers consistently. Mixing French words with English numbers does not count as counting in French. To count in French, you need to use the French words for all the numbers in a sequence.


What is the homophone for stop?

There aren't any! Gees some people are stupid


How do you stop flooding?

The creation of flood plains and winding streams are two of the best ways to hinder the accumulation of water by providing a route for the drainage of water. Also, the protection of wetlands helps to maintain a natural drainage system to provide a place for the excess water to gather. Such devices allow the water to evaporate before it can accumulate, creating flooding conditions. Levees also impede the collecting of water. Levees are embankments composed of soil and earthen material that are used to prevent annual flooding in many areas. With a levee, a huge amount of rain water is required before flooding occurs. However, one drawback to their use is that if water is able to get past the levees, then the flooding is significantly worse and causes several times more damage. Other ways of preventing floods include placing sandbags along the riverbank to serve as levees and placing large rocks on banks to prevent erosion, which prevents riverbanks from deteriorating, remaining high enough so that flooding will not occur as frequently. We can regulate the river flow by building man-made lakes,dams and increase the storage capacity of lakes.We can restrict the overflow of river water by buliding dykes along the river.Also we can plant trees to prevent silting,have a better monitoring and relief polices,speed up the river flow by dredging and straightening rivers in order to prevent flooding. Damming of rivers and a series of dikes, levies, and canals can decrease the risk of flooding, by diverting water elsewhere.