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Forecasters: Isaac on verge of becoming hurricane
Officials hope temporary levee will save Iowa town
Race to save town after levee breaches
Fargo gets good news with new flood forecast
Thousands flee Fargo ahead of menacing floodwaters
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Levee - National Geographic Society
Living near water is a wonderful thing—except when there’s a flood.So people build levees.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. . They prevent rivers from flooding cities ...
What is a levee? | HowStuffWorks
A levee is typically little more than a mound of less permeable soil, like clay, wider at the base and narrower at the top. These mounds run in a long strip, sometimes for many miles, along a river, lake or ocean. Levees along the Mississippi River may range from 10 to 20 feet (3 to 7 meters) tall. In Holland, they can top 30 feet (10 meters).
What Is A Levee? - FEMA.gov
Levees are designed to reduce flood risk from flooding events; however, they do not eliminate the risk entirely. It is always possible that a flood will exceed the capacity of a levee, no matter how well the structure is built. Levees are designed to manage a. certain amount of floodwater and can be overtopped or fail during flood events.
National Levee Database - levees.sec.usace.army.mil
The Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project is designed to reduce flooding to the interior Alaskan city of Fairbanks and will provide residents and visitors a myriad of recreational opportunities on nearly 20,000 acres of public land. The project includes Moose Creek Dam and associated structures such as levees. Read up on all that’s behind ...
National Levee Database - levees.sec.usace.army.mil
Levees are made of a variety of materials. While the goal is to have the levee be dry, or watertight, some materials are more porous and over time water may seep into, under, or through parts of a levee. Water seeping through or under a levee can cause parts of it to erode over time. This can cause portions of a levee or its foundation to sink ...
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