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A levee is an embankment built along rivers or flood-prone areas to control water flow and prevent flooding. By rising above the normal water level, it acts as a barrier that directs excess water away from populated areas and infrastructure. Levees can redirect water into designated channels or floodplains, helping manage and mitigate flood risks. However, if not properly maintained, they can fail, leading to potentially catastrophic flooding.
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How do you use levee in a sentence?
A levee holds back water.
What does it mean when a levee is breached?
A levee breach or levee failure (the word dike or dyke can also be used instead of levee) is a situation where a levee fails or is intentionally breached, causing the previously contained water to flood the land behind the levee.A breach is when the levee breaks, and was unable to hold the water it was built for...not when it overflows....a common misconception....
Why do you need to divert water in Colorado?
I don't know what divert means but, well, I live in Colorado and... as far as I know, I don't divert my water...
How does a levee prevent flooding?
So long as a levee holds and is not overtopped, water cannot cross from one side to the other.
What are walls built to hold water called?
Levee
How a levee work?
A levee works by redirecting water and flooding away from a certain area. The levee is similar to a wall placed in the path of the water. There does need to be another place for the flood waters to go, if too much pressure is built up then levees can fail.
Walls built to hold water back are called what?
Levee
What is a bank of earth that keeps out water?
A levee is a bank of earth that keeps out water by providing a barrier to prevent flooding. It is commonly used along rivers and coastlines to protect communities and land areas from water intrusion.
What is the difference between a dam and a levee?
Dam- a barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level. used for electricity or water supply. Levee- a structure designed to prevent or control a flood
What is a barrier built to hold back water in parts of a river?
Levee
Walls built built to hold back water are called?
Levee
How would you use levee in a sentence?
I drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry...
