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An embankment could mean a raised bank along a river as part of flood defences.
a levee
D.T Harroun has written: 'Stability of cohesive earth masses in vertical embankments' -- subject(s): Embankments
The embankments on a river bank that help to contain and direct the water are called different things, depending on where you live. They can be called levées, dikes, stopbanks, floodbanks or sometimes just embankments.
C. A. Pugh has written: 'Hydraulic model studies of fuse plug embankments' -- subject(s): Embankments, Hydraulic models
JamesK Mitchell has written: 'Reinforcement of earth slopes and embankments' -- subject(s): Embankments, Slopes (Soil mechanics), Soil stabilization
we make dykes and embankments.
A polder is a low lying tract of land that is commonly seen along river embankments. The people of Holland built polders as a way to keep the water from flooding their low lying land.
R. Codell has written: 'Hydrologic design for riprap on embankment slopes' -- subject(s): Design and construction, Tailings embankments, Radioactive waste disposal in the ground, Embankments
To build = Aedificare
Soil with some time of grass on it.