Berm
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A berm is a level space, shelf, or raised barrier separating areas in a vertical way, especially partway up a long slope. It can serve as a terrace road, track, path, a fortification line, a border/se
Embankment dam with two berms
A typical berm application
Moroccan Western Sahara wall
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The Moroccan Western Sahara wall or the Berm, also called the Moroccan sand wall, is an approximately 2,700 km-long berm running south to north through Western Sahara and the southwestern portion of M
Berm
…ease of construction, such walls can be made hundreds or thousands of kilometres long. A prominent example of such a berm is the 2,700 km (1,700 mi) Moroccan Western Sahara Wall. Berms are also used to control soil erosion and sedimentation by reducing the rate of surface runoff. The berms either reduce the velocity of the…
Protesters carrying Polisario flags in front of the Western Sahara berm (2011)
Sahrawi women hold a protest in Western Sahara on the eastern side of the wall
Wall east of Mahbes
Wall south of Mahbes