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You know when you go Bowling, you can get bumpers put up in your lane to keep the ball from going in the gutter? A levee is basically the same thing, although on a much larger scale. Generally they're piles upon piles of dirt that are put along the side of a river to keep the water from going over the sides and flooding whatever is next to it. Hope this answered your question! (:
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What do people sometimes use to build artificial levees to prevent searious flooding?
flood barriers
What do people sometimes use to build artificial levees to prevent serious flooding?
Flood barriers
What do people sometimes use to build artificial levees to prevents serious flooding?
Flood barriers
What are the disadvantages to levees?
could disrupt flood
Raised areas of earth desinged to hold back the floodwaters?
Levees are raised embankments constructed along riverbanks to prevent flooding. They act as barriers to hold back floodwaters and protect nearby land and communities. Building levees is a common way to manage flood risks in flood-prone areas.
How do levees actually cause flooding?
When levees are built along a section of the river, the water will rise higher, then the water will flood in a different place that did not flood before the levee was built. Many natural flood plains have been cut off by levees. That is why cities flood more because the high water is going to go somewhere. Levees don't stop high water. They just cause it to move somewhere else.
What are the flood defenses built in the Mississippi River?
levees & wing dipes
What do people do to protect themselves from a flood.?
Not living in a flood plain is usually sufficient.
Why did Sumerian build levees?
It kept flood waters from spilling onto the surrounding coutryside.
What innovation directly led to the development of the first city?
levees (flood control)
When flood waters deposit sediment what land form is created?
levees are formed
What innovation directly led to the development of the city states?
levees (flood control)
