(Dike) In hydrologic terms, a long, narrow embankment usually built to protect land from flooding. If built of concrete or masonary the structure is usually referred to as a flood wall. Levees and flo [..]

1719, "natural or artificial embankment to prevent overflow of a river," from New Orleans French levée "a raising, a lifting; an embankment," from French levée, literally "a r [..]

"morning assembly held by a prince or king" (originally upon rising from bed), 1670s, a spelling intended to represent the pronunciation of French lever "a raising," noun use of ve [..]

bank of a river, raised either naturally or constructed by people. Read more in the NG Education Encyclopedia

an embankment that works as a dike. Levees built to containn floods can actually accelerate floodwaters by narrowing natural channels.

n. An embankment beside a river or stream or an arm of the sea, to prevent overflow.

A natural embankment built up by a river. The term also refers to a constructed flood barrier.

An alluvial bank built up on either side of a river.

(French: lever= to rise; levée= risen up) a natural or manmade embankment along a river or canal.

a natural or manmade earthen barrier along the edge of a stream, lake, or river. Land alongside rivers can be protected from flooding by levees.

According to 44 CFR 59.1 (Title 44 - Emergency Management And Assistance; Chapter I - Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department Of Homeland Security; Subchapter B - Insurance And Hazard Mitigati [..]

A low ridge along a stream bank, formed by deposits left when floodwater decelerates on leaving the channel; also an artificial barrier to floods built in the same form.

A levee (from the French for "raised") is a natural or artificial embankment, usually earthen, which parallels the course of a river. Usually the term levee in Louisiana implies a man made feature constructed for the purpose of flood control.

A ridge of sediment deposited alongside a stream as floodwaters rising out of the channel lose energy and deposit their coarser load.

An embankment to prevent flooding or a continuous dike or ridge for confining the irrigation areas of land to be flooded.

an embankment along the shore of a river, built for protection against floods; a natural levee is an embankment built by deposits of river sediment left during extraordinarily high floods; like artifi [..]

(1) An embankment to prevent inundation. (2) (SMP) A large dike or embankment, often having an access road along the top, which is designed as part of a system to protect land from floods.

an embankment built to keep a river from overflowing; a landing place on the river.

A natural or manmade earthen barrier along the edge of a stream, lake, or river. Land alongside rivers can be protected from flooding by levees.

A long, narrow embankment usually built to protect land from flooding. If built of concrete or masonry the structure is usually referred to as a flood wall. Levees and floodwalls confine streamflow within a specified area to prevent flooding. The term "dike" is used to describe an embankment that blocks an area on a reservoir or l [..]

(Dike) In hydrologic terms, a long, narrow embankment usually built to protect land from flooding. If built of concrete or masonary the structure is usually referred to as a flood wall. Levees and floodwalls confine streamflow within a specified area to prevent flooding. The term "dike" is used to describe an embankment that blocks an are [..]

a natural or man-made earthen obstruction along the edge of a stream, lake, or river. Usually used to restrain the flow of water out of a river bank.

(Dike) In hydrologic terms, a long, narrow embankment usually built to protect land from flooding. If built of concrete or masonary the structure is usually referred to as a flood wall. Levees and flo [..]

An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi. (US) The steep bank of a river, or border of an irrigated field. (US) A pier or other landing place on a river.

A naturally occurring or artificially constructed embankment which regulates water levels.