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Why was the levee invented?

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∙ 14y ago

Levee is from the french, the verb of which is "To Lift". Levees are exactly that - lifted roads - or roads built on a rise (natural or, more commonly, man-made) so that when the floods come, these roads are, hopefully, above the waterline.

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