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What are levees used to prevent?
levees are used to prevent flooding of a river to the adjoing country-basically prevent flooding.
What are Levees are used to?
levees are used to prevent flooding of a river to the adjoing country-basically prevent flooding.
What are relief canals?
A relief canal is a channel dug, or built up, to carry away surplus water from a river or waterway to prevent it bursting its banks and flooding.
What is a bank built along a river to prevent flooding?
Dam
What is a high bank of soil along a river to prevent flooding?
Dikes
How do you call a wall that is use to prevent flooding?
levees are two parallel wall built at both sides of a river to prevent river overflowing
What are levees?
levees are artificial or natural slopes or walls to prevent flooding of a river.
How people benefit from the dams along the Colorado River?
They prevent flooding and produce electricity.
What is a bank beside a stream or river created to prevent flooding called?
stop bank/ levee
Do dams cause flooding?
Yes, they can both prevent and cause flooding. If you put a dam in a river, it can flood the area and create a lake.
What are Enbankments?
Enbankment is a way to prevent floods taking place. They are deep river channel to stop the river over flowing when it rains. Enbankment is a way to prevent floods taking place. They are deep river channel to stop the river over flowing when it rains.
A is a bank beside a stream or river created to prevent flooding?
A bank beside a stream might be called a levee. Some levees are natural and some are man made to prevent flooding in low lying areas.
