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Levee - Wikipedia
an elevated ridge, natural or artificial, alongside the banks of a river, often intended to protect against flooding of the area adjoining the river.
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LEVEE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. a : an embankment for preventing flooding b : a river landing place : pier 2. a continuous dike or ridge (as of earth) for confining the irrigation areas of ...
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Levee - National Geographic Education
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.
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levee
▪ I. levee, n.1 U.S. (lɪˈviː, ˈlɛviː) Also 9 levy. [ad. F. levée, fem. of levé, pa. pple. of lever to raise.] 1. a. An embankment to prevent the overflow of a river.1718–20 Dumont Plan N. Orleans in J. Winsor Mississ. Basin (1895) 151. 1770 P. Pittman Europ. Settlem. Mississ. 10 The town [New Orlean...
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Levees - ASCE - Infrastructure Report Card
The nation's levees guard against flood risk to critical infrastructure systems and protect $2 trillion worth of property, seven million buildings, and five ...
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[PDF] So, You Live Behind a Levee!
A levee is generally designed to control a certain amount of floodwater. If a larger flood occurs, floodwaters will flow over the levee. Flooding also can ...
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Levee Basics - National Levee Database
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 ...
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How Levee Systems Work During Rapid Flooding | TrapBag
A levee is a physical barrier whose primary function is to reduce the risk of flooding near areas with water. These are typical to prevent rapid onset floods ...
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LEVEE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
noun ... a reception, usually in someone's honor. a presidential levee at the White House. History/Historical., a reception of visitors held on rising from ...
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Levee System - Miami Conservancy District
MCD's 55 miles of levee keep floodwaters within the river channel through the riverfront cities of Piqua, Troy, Tipp City, Huber Heights, Dayton, Moraine, West ...
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levee
levee/ˈlevɪ; `lɛvɪ/ n(arch 古) assembly of visitors, esp at a formal reception 集体接见; (尤指正式的)招待会.levee / ˈlevɪ; `lɛvɪ/ n (esp US) embankment built to prevent a flooded river from overflowing 防洪堤 the levees along the Mississippi 密西西比河大堤.
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Levee (disambiguation)
a social event hosted by various Canadian dignitaries and institutions on New Year's Day
Places
Levee Township, Pike County, Illinois
The Levee, former Levee (1891–1972), American film executive
Other uses
Levee (horse), a Kentucky thoroughbred racehorse
Levee Blues (1972), the second album from the
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Levee (ceremony)
The levee (from the French word lever, meaning "getting up" or "rising") was traditionally a daily moment of intimacy and accessibility to a monarch or There were no persons of colour.Abraham Lincoln held a levee on New Year's Eve 1862.
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Levee (horse)
Levee was a Kentucky thoroughbred foaled in 1953. She was an accomplished stakes winner and the dam of the champion race mare Shuvee. Levee was named Kentucky Broodmare of the Year in 1970. She produced her last foal, a filly by Arts and Letters named Artful Levee, in 1973.
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Levee Town
Levee Town is the seventh studio album by Sonny Landreth. In 2002 Jimmy Buffett recorded the Levee Town track "The U.S.S.
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