An embankment built along the side of a river to control flooding can be called several things. Probably levee is the most common, but it can be dike or floodbank. It can also be called what you called it, an embankment.
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I walked along a railroad embankment to reach the town
I can give you several sentences.His car slid down the embankment into the river.We walked along the embankment and enjoyed the evening air.The embankment failed, and water flooded the roadway.
An embankment could mean a raised bank along a river as part of flood defences.