SURINAME
The South American country that uses dikes to preserve land is Suriname. Other countries use dikes to preserve land as well, but Suriname is the most famous.
The Netherlands uses dikes to preserve land.
Dikes and sills are intrusions.
The Netherlands (The Dutch built the dikes):-)
Netherlands invented Dikes & Windmills
They needed dikes to control flooding.
Igneous rock makes dikes and sills. Basalt or Diabese Dikes are actually usually composed of dolerite.
Dikes were used in china and all over the world for controlling floods
Magma rises from the earth to form dikes and sills
John Ronald Houpt has written: 'Field and laboratory investigations of the Elliott County, Kentucky peridotite dikes' -- subject(s): Geology
Dikes and levees prevent flooding by forming a barrier against rising waters.
The Netherlands is known as "the land of dikes" because it has a extensive system of dikes and levees to protect its low-lying land from flooding. The country has been using dikes for centuries to reclaim land from the sea and manage water levels.