- A
levee (/ˈlɛvi/ or /ˈlɛveɪ/), **** (American English), **** (British English; see
spelling differences), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is an elevated...
- of 2.5
kilometres (1.6 mi) of new
stopbanks,
strengthening and
raising 1.2
kilometres (0.75 mi) of
existing stopbanks, plus 2.5
kilometres (1.6 mi) of...
- and
productive land
downstream of Te Teko is
protected by a
system of
stopbanks (also
known as floodbanks).
These are
designed to
provide protection from...
- of 2.5
kilometres (1.6 mi) of new
stopbanks,
strengthening and
raising 1.2
kilometres (0.75 mi) of
existing stopbanks, plus 2.5
kilometres (1.6 mi) of...
- riverbed, and in 2021 the West
Coast Regional Council planned to
elevate stopbanks by 1 m at a cost of $5.7
million to
protect neighbouring farmland from...
- uncommon,
especially in the area
around the
confluence of the two rivers.
Stopbanks protect farmland,
houses and
Dunedin International Airport at Momona....
- improvements,
stopbanks,
floodgates and pumps. However, the
river flooded again in 2017. A 2018 plan
provides for
strengthened stopbanks and diversion...
-
north and the
Wyndham (Mokoreta)
River to the south.
Protected now by a
stopbank,
Wyndham is a
service centre for the
surrounding districts with a shopping...
- and
landslides in
Wellington City and Hutt Valley. Hutt
River burst its
stopbanks[citation needed] and
workers in
Petone took
refuge on
factory roofs while...
- Wotherspoon, Liam (2022). "A
standardised inventory for New Zealand's
stopbank (levee)
network and its
application for
natural hazard exposure ****essments"...
