hydraulic levee

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• Hydraulic mining — Hydraulic mining, or hydraulicking, is a form of mining that employs water to dislodge rock material or move sediment. Previously, the use of a large volume of water had been developed by the Romans to remove overburden and then gold bearing… …   Wikipedia

• Hydraulic engineering — is a sub discipline of civil engineering concerned with the flow and conveyance of fluids, principally water. This area of engineering is intimately related to the design of bridges, dams, channels, canals, levees, elevators, and to both sanitary …   Wikipedia

• Levee — For other uses, see Levee (disambiguation). The side of a levee in Sacramento, California A levee, levée, dike (or dyke), embankment, floodbank or stopbank is an elongated naturally occurring ridge or artificially constructed fill or wall, which… …   Wikipedia

• levee — levee1 /lev ee/, n., v., leveed, leveeing. n. 1. an embankment designed to prevent the flooding of a river. 2. Geol. See natural levee. 3. Agric. one of the small continuous ridges surrounding fields that are to be irrigated. 4. Hist. a landing… …   Universalium

• levee — Synonyms and related words: affair, arch dam, assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, backstop, ball, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barrier, bear trap dam, beaver dam, berth, boom, brawl, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall, buffer,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Dujiangyan Irrigation System — For the adjacent city, see Dujiangyan City. Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System * UNESCO World Heritage Site …   Wikipedia

• river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… …   Universalium

• Dam — This article is about structures for water impoundment. For other uses, see Dam (disambiguation). Hoover Dam, a concrete arch gravity dam in Black Canyon of the Colorado River. Lake Mead in the background is impounded by the dam …   Wikipedia

• 17th Street Canal — Woman walks dog along the levee beside the floodwall on the Metairie side of the canal, November 11, 2005. In the background to the right, ongoing repairs in the breach on the New Orleans side can be seen. The 17th Street Canal is a drainage… …   Wikipedia

• Spillway — Chute spillway of Llyn Brianne dam in Wales A spillway is a structure used to provide the controlled release of flows from a dam or levee into a downstream area, typically being the river that was dammed. In the UK they may be known as overflow… …   Wikipedia

• Huang He — /hwahng hue /, Pinyin. a river flowing from W China into the Gulf of Bohai. 2800 mi. (4510 km) long. See map under Chang Jiang. Also, Hwang Ho. Also called Yellow River. * * * , or Huang Ho English Yellow River River, northern central and eastern …   Universalium