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Levee - Wikipedia A levee keeps high water on the Mississippi River from flooding Gretna, Louisiana, in March 2005 Prominent levee systems have been built along the Mississippi River and Sacramento River in the United States, and the Po, Rhine, Meuse River, Rhône, Loire, Vistula, the delta formed by the Rhine, Maas Meuse and Scheldt in the Netherlands and the
National Levee Database - United States Army A levee is a human-made barrier with the primary purpose of reducing the frequency of flooding to a portion of the floodplain, sometimes referred to as a levee system What Kinds of Levees
What Is A Levee? - FEMA. gov FEMA levee responsibilities include identifying flood hazards and assessing flood risks in levee-affected areas More specifically, FEMA determines and establishes appropriate flood risk zone designations in areas landward of levees and reflects those zones on Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs)
Levee - definition of levee by The Free Dictionary 1 an embankment designed to prevent the flooding of a river 2 a natural deposit of sand or mud built up along the side of a river or stream 3 one of the small continuous ridges surrounding fields that are to be irrigated 4 a landing place for ships 5 to furnish with a levee n
What does LEVEE mean? - Definitions. net A levee is a man-made structure, usually an embankment, wall, or barrier, built along a river or other water body to prevent flooding of the adjacent land by controlling the flow of water
What Is a Levee? - WorldAtlas A levee is an artificial or natural wall that prevents water from leaving its course It can also be used to divert the river to increase land for construction
Levee - National Geographic Society A levee is a natural or artificial wall that blocks water from going where we don’t want it to go Levees may be used to increase available land for habitation or divert a body of water so the fertile soil of a river or seabed may be used for agriculture