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Levees vs Floodwall - What's the difference?

levees | floodwall |

As a verb levees

is .

As a noun floodwall is

a man-made vertical barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or other waterway during a flood.

levees

English

Noun

(head)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    floodwall

    English

    Alternative forms

    *flood wall

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A man-made vertical barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or other waterway during a flood
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 29, author=John Schwartz, title=Can Science Outwit Storms Like Katrina?, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The New Orleans levees and floodwalls were built to withstand a hypothetical storm

    See also

    *(wikipedia "floodwall")