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- (/ˈlɛvi/), **** (American English), **** (Commonwealth English), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is a structure used to keep the course of rivers from changing...
- Italy, when a small party were almost wiped out in an ****ault on the east floodbank of the river, Sepoy Namdeo Jadhav carried two wounded men under heavy...
- Nottinghamshire. In 1795 during the largest known flood on the Trent, the floodbank which is situated between Spalford and the river was breached. Floodwaters...
- which the bore can be seen, or viewers can walk along the river bank or floodbanks. Historically, the bore has been of importance to shipping visiting the...
- These lower reaches are protected from tidal flooding by a series of floodbanks and defences. Elsewhere there is a distinct contrast between the open...
- villages and 2,000 properties in Gainsborough. River levels dropped when the floodbank at Morton breached, resulting in the flooding of some 77 square miles...
- Afghanistan 1919, Agordat, Keren, Amba Alagai, Abyssinia 1940-41, Senio Floodbank, Italy 1943-46, Harar Kalan, Punjab 1971. The regiment was awarded with...
- 1999. This led to the hotel being demolished and the construction of a floodbank in 2001 to protect Alexandra from flooding. The old courthouse located...
- traditional flood-control structures would interfere with other interests. floodbank See levee. floodplain A broad, flat area of land adjacent to a river or...
- Italy, when a small party were almost wiped out in an ****ault on the east floodbank of the river, Sepoy Namdeo Jadav carried two wounded men under heavy fire...