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What words mean the same as embankments?
antonyms prefexes
What IS embankments?
An embankment could mean a raised bank along a river as part of flood defences.
How do embankments prevent flooding?
a levee
What has the author DT Harroun written?
D.T Harroun has written: 'Stability of cohesive earth masses in vertical embankments' -- subject(s): Embankments
What are the embankments on a river that keeps it in its channel called?
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.
What has the author C A Pugh written?
C. A. Pugh has written: 'Hydraulic model studies of fuse plug embankments' -- subject(s): Embankments, Hydraulic models
What has the author JamesK Mitchell written?
JamesK Mitchell has written: 'Reinforcement of earth slopes and embankments' -- subject(s): Embankments, Slopes (Soil mechanics), Soil stabilization
How do people in the Netherlands avoid floods?
we make dykes and embankments.
Why did the people of Holland build polders?
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.
What has the author R Codell written?
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
What does build mean in Latin?
To build = Aedificare
What type of soil is best for controlling erosion on embankments?
Soil with some time of grass on it.
