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What is a 12 member group which issued a mass levee called?
The National Convention decreed a mass levee on August 23 1793.
What can be used to describe evolution by natural selection?
The term that is often incorrectly used to describe evolution by natural selection is "survival of the fittest."
What term can be used to describe evolution by natural?
The term that is often incorrectly used to describe evolution by natural selection is "survival of the fittest."
What is a raised area of earth designed to hold back floodwaters?
It is called a "levee". A synonym (from the Netherlands) is "dike".
What is a levee?
A levee is an embankment that helps protect the land from a floodplain. A levee is formed when floodwater deposits material on the banks of a river, which builds up over time. The embankment slowly erodes away which is making rivers and streams wider and it can sometimes create a v-shaped valley.
Are delta and levee alike?
Nope... a delta - is the natural mouth of a river. A levee is an artificial bank built up to prevent flooding of low-lying areas.
How does a levee form?
A man-made levee is made by making the slope with soil we buy. A natural levee is formed when a river floods over its banks, the water spreads out, slows down, and deposits its load of sediment. Over time, the river's banks are built up above the level of the rest of the floodplain. he resulting ridges are called natural levees.
What is the similarties between a dam and a levee?
From what I infer from conversations between myself and some engineers in the local area, a dam and a levee both holds water to a confined space but, a dam is man-made while a levee is made of natural stuff. However, that is the extent of what i know in that.
Definition of natural levee?
It is a ridges of sediment that accumulate along the margins of river channels on floodplains.
How the natural levee is formed?
It is a ridges of sediment that accumulate along the margins of river channels on floodplains.
How would you use levee in a sentence?
I drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry...
What is a sentence with levee in it?
What is a sentence for levee
What is antonym of levee?
anti-levee
What is the difference between a dike and a levee?
A levee is an embankment along a stream that protects land from flooding. Levees can be natural or constructed. A dike is much the same, a protective wall, often to hold back the sea.
How do you use the word levee in a sentence?
I drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry.
What is the birth name of Kurt Levee?
Kurt Levee's birth name is Christophe Kurt Levee.
When did Lorin Levee die?
Lorin Levee died in 2012.
