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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
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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...
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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...
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London Bazalgette,
Edward (1878). "The Victoria,
Albert and
Chelsea Embankments of the
River Thames". In Forrest,
James (ed.).
Minutes of Proceedings...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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responsibility of
maintaining these embankments was
vested in the
Government of Bihar. 1963 :
Breach in the
western embankment in
Nepal near the
village Dalwa...
