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The side of a levee in Sacramento, California. A levee (/ ˈ l ɛ v i / or / ˈ l ɛ v eɪ /), [a] [1] dike (American English), dyke (British English; see spelling differences), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is an elevated ridge, natural or artificial, alongside the banks of a river, often intended to protect against flooding of the area adjoining the river.
The levee (from the French word lever, meaning "getting up" or "rising") [1] was traditionally a daily moment of intimacy and accessibility to a monarch or leader, as he got up in the morning.
A levee failure during the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. A breach in a dike during the North Sea flood of 1953.. A levee breach or levee failure (also known as dyke breach or dyke failure) is a situation where a levee (or dyke) fails or is intentionally breached, causing the previously contained water to flood the land behind the levee.
Restoring the levee’s height to 192 feet above sea level brings it to the historic level needed to provide the necessary protection to Corcoran and nearby infrastructure, Ferguson said.
In the 18th century the levée in Great Britain and Ireland became a formal court reception given by the sovereign or his/her representative in the forenoon or early afternoon. In the New World colonies the levee was held by the governor acting on behalf of the monarch. Only men were received at these events.
2018: Levee Breaks begins a profit-sharing program with some notes, which were sold in $20,000 increments. Investors could share in the profits of the sale of a property or share in the annual ...
The slope of a levee is primarily a function of its grain size. [4] Levees tend to be steeper when they first form and are close to the channel, then gradually level out as they grow and their grain size decreases. [6] In the stratigraphic record, natural-levee deposits typically consist of thinly-layered sandstones overlying mud- to clay-sized ...
At that time, the estimated peak 100-year flow in the creek was 3,400 feet per second – a volume that would require an increased levee height of 15 feet to adequately contain the creek in its banks.