- Look up
embankment or
embankments in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Embankment may
refer to: A levee, an
artificial bank
raised above the immediately...
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Victoria Embankment is part of the
Thames Embankment, a road and river-walk
along the
north bank of the
River Thames in London, England.
Built in the...
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Albert Embankment is part of the
river bank on the
south side of the
River Thames in
Central London. It
stretches approximately one mile (1.6 km) northward...
- The
Koshi embankments were
built in late 1950s to
retain the Kosi
River which is a
transboundary river between Nepal and
India and is one of the largest...
- An
embankment is a
raised wall, bank or
mound made of
earth or stones, that are used to hold back
water or
carry a roadway. A road,
railway line, or canal...
- An
embankment dam is a
large artificial dam. It is
typically created by the
placement and
compaction of a
complex semi-plastic
mound of
various compositions...
- The
House on the
Embankment (Russian: Дом на набережной) is a block-wide
apartment building on the
banks of the
Moskva River on
Balchug in
downtown Moscow...
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Victoria Embankment and
Chelsea Embankment.
There had been a long
history of
failed proposals to
embank the
Thames in
central London.
Embankments along the...
- A
flood embankment is
traditionally an
earth wall used to s**** up
flood waters. Most
flood embankments are
between 1
metre and 3
metres high. A 5-metre-high...
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Chelsea Embankment is part of the
Thames Embankment, a road and
walkway along the
north bank of the
River Thames in
central London, England. The western...
