Page values for "Glossary:Levee"
From Indian River Lagoon Project
"definition" values
1 row is stored for this page| Term | levee |
| Definition | Artificial bank confining a stream channel or limiting adjacent areas subject to flooding; an embankment bordering a submarine canyon or channel, usually occurring along the outer edge of a curve. |
| SourceURL | https://shoreline.noaa.gov/glossary.html |
| Type | noun |
| Pronunciation | lev·ee / ˈlevē |
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| Synonym | dike |
| Sentence | Herbert Hoover Dike is a 143-mile earthen levee that surrounds Lake Okeechobee. |
| RelatedURL | https://www.saj.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Lake-Okeechobee/Herbert-Hoover-Dike/ |
| Poster | Admin |
| Postdate | 20191106091811 |
| TermID | L |
