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A dam is a barrier built across a waterway to stop or control the flow of water. Man-made reservoirs are formed behind the dams. A dyke is a long wall of earth built along a waterway or along a sea coast to prevent the river water overflowing their channels.
*A levee is the same thing as a dyke the difference being that the former word comes from French and the latter from Dutch.
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