Definition of Embankments. Meaning of Embankments. Synonyms of Embankments

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Definition of Embankments

Embankment
Embankment Em*bank"ment, n. 1. The act of surrounding or defending with a bank. 2. A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc.

Meaning of Embankments from wikipedia

- Look up embankment or embankments in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Embankment may refer to: A levee, an artificial bank raised above the immediately...
- The Neva embankment refer to various embankments along the Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia: The Admiralty Embankment (Russian: Адмиралтейская набережная...
- originally higher than required. Embankments are often constructed using material obtained from a cutting. Embankments need to be constructed using non-aerated...
- made note that the embankments were an important step in making London recognised as an exemplary imperial city, and that the embankments were the greatest...
- Victoria Embankment and Chelsea Embankment. There had been a long history of failed proposals to embank the Thames in central London. Embankments along the...
- Ithaca Embankments is a heritage-listed group of embankments in the former Town of Ithaca and now in the suburbs of Kelvin Grove, Red Hill and Paddington...
- locally plentiful material with a watertight clay core. Modern zoned-earth embankments employ filter and drain zones to collect and remove seep water and preserve...
- surface. Broad at the base, they taper to a level top, where temporary embankments or sandbags can be placed. Because flood discharge intensity increases...
- 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...
- responsibility of maintaining these embankments was vested in the Government of Bihar. 1963 : Breach in the western embankment in Nepal near the village Dalwa...