Levee breach
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A levee breach or levee failure is a situation where a levee fails or is intentionally breached, causing the previously contained water to flood the land behind the levee.
A levee failure during the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.
A breach in a dike during the North Sea flood of 1953.
A kolk lake in the Netherlands
Levee
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A levee, is an elevated ridge alongside the banks of a river, often intended to protect against flooding of the area adjoining the river. Alternatively, it is called a dike, dyke, floodbank, or stop b
Levee breach
…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. Man-made levees can fail in a…
The side of a levee in Sacramento, California
A reinforced embankment
Broken levee on the Sacramento River
A levee keeps high water on the Mississippi River from flooding Gretna, Louisiana, in March 2005.