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Embankment

Embankment may refer to:

  • A levee or dike (construction), an artificial bank raised above the immediately-surrounding land to redirect or prevent flooding by a river, lake or sea
  • Embankment (transportation), in transportation, a raised bank to carry a road, railway, or canal across a low-lying or wet area
  • Embankment dam, a dam made of mounded earth and rock
  • Land reclamation along the banks of a river, usually marked by roads and walkways running along it, parallel to the river, as in:

  • "Embankment", a work by artist Rachel Whiteread

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BANGLADESH TENDER - CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FLOOD EMBANKMENT.
Aug 07, 2008; ASIA PULSE TENDER BANGLADESH - CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FLOOD EMBANKMENT. WITH CC BLOCK PITCHING AT R/S. SLOPE AND TOE PROTECTION TI...
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Embankment on sludge: predicted and observed performances.
May 01, 2007; Abstract: The case history of an embankment built over soft water-treatment sludge is presented. To assure that the sludge would...
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Long-term performance of a wide embankment on soft clay improved with prefabricated vertical drains.(Technical report)
Aug 01, 2008; Abstract: This paper presents the long-term performance of a wide geogrid-reinforced road embankment constructed on soft clay...
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48-km embankment of WDB becomes risky in Satkhira.
Dec 02, 2007; Satkhira, Dec 1 (UNB) - About 48-km embankment of Water Development Board (WDB) has become risky at 68 points and unless repaired...
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Roadside repairs a slippery slope: Towns, ODOT, turnpike split over who pays to fix embankments.
Jul 23, 2007; Byline: David Patch Jul. 23--Building an embankment to raise a roadway over surrounding terrain, whether to accommodate a nearby...
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