Category:Levees
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Difference between dikes and levees:
- Levees protect land that would normally be dry from flooding.
Levees are most often associated with rivers. - Dikes protect land that would normally be under water from flooding.
Dikes are most often associated with the sea and areas of land below sea level.
Source: English.stackexchange.com
Internationalization
Deutsch: Deich
Français : digue, levée
Subcategories
This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.
Media in category "Levees"
The following 99 files are in this category, out of 99 total.
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"The Prospect of Whitby", Shadwell.jpg 1,255 × 1,704; 1.24 MB
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"The Turk's Head". Wapping.jpg 1,520 × 2,146; 1.88 MB
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"The Two Brewers", Limehouse.jpg 1,833 × 2,552; 1.15 MB
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'The Prospect of Whitby", Shadwell.png 918 × 1,228; 1.28 MB
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1790 Dagenham Beach House.jpg 1,570 × 929; 2.11 MB
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1830-rivierkaart-Waal-3-Nijmegen-Bemmel.png 2,654 × 2,363; 528 KB
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2003 Luftbilder der ostfriesischen Küste bei Norddeich.jpg 768 × 1,024; 554 KB
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Aussicht nach Hegyesd, Hochwasserschutzdamm, Tótfalu, 2023 Tahitótfalu.jpg 2,272 × 1,704; 1,010 KB
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Bluck 1809.jpg 1,601 × 1,243; 1.07 MB
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Concretefloodwall.webm 1 min 3 s, 1,920 × 1,080; 24.1 MB
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Crashing Waves and Beach Huts.jpg 3,072 × 4,608; 3.23 MB
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Dagenham Breach map.jpg 2,400 × 2,596; 1.4 MB
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Dagenham Lake.jpg 2,166 × 1,714; 1.87 MB
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Das Betreten des Damms ist verboten.JPG 1,944 × 2,592; 1.74 MB
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Edo River 20220314 135739.jpg 4,608 × 2,592; 2.18 MB
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Eisenradsdeich - Bremen - 1781.jpg 822 × 480; 355 KB
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Embankmentwithcore.png 1,440 × 1,080; 1.43 MB
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Embankmentwithcore.webm 17 s, 1,920 × 1,080; 1.97 MB
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Embankmentwithnotes.png 1,440 × 1,080; 1.34 MB
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Example of new coastal embankment and breakwater.jpg 1,441 × 1,136; 242 KB
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Francis Holman, Wapping, 1784.jpg 2,318 × 1,441; 1.93 MB
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Fukushima 20200809 102413.jpg 4,608 × 2,592; 2.44 MB
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Fukushima 20200809 102815.jpg 4,608 × 2,592; 1.91 MB
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Fukushima 20200809 102905.jpg 4,608 × 2,592; 2.46 MB
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Gassy, rezerwat Wyspy Świderskie 16.jpg 4,288 × 2,848; 5.07 MB
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Greymouth Statue A 001 (cropped).JPG 660 × 909; 292 KB
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Greymouth Statue A 001.JPG 3,480 × 2,488; 3.03 MB
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HafensperrtorNeuerHafen (Bremerhaven).jpg 2,075 × 1,484; 1.62 MB
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Hollar Westminster.jpg 1,920 × 851; 1.36 MB
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Hollar Whitehall.jpg 1,920 × 863; 1.17 MB
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Image of the multilayer tsunami countermeasure.jpg 2,445 × 481; 103 KB
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Kalvebod Fælled IMG 1108.JPG 3,888 × 2,592; 2.9 MB
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Kalvebod Fælled IMG 1113.JPG 3,888 × 2,592; 2.52 MB
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Kanał Nowa Ulga, Wał Miedzeszyński, Warszawa 001.jpg 1,620 × 1,080; 1.23 MB
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Kanał Nowa Ulga, Wał Miedzeszyński, Warszawa 002.jpg 1,620 × 1,080; 1.04 MB
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Kanał Nowa Ulga, Wał Miedzeszyński, Warszawa 003.jpg 1,620 × 1,080; 1.25 MB
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Kanał Nowa Ulga, Wał Miedzeszyński, Warszawa 004.jpg 1,620 × 1,080; 998 KB
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Kasukabe Furusumida River Levee Feature 1.JPG 3,264 × 2,448; 3.85 MB
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Kasukabe Furusumida River Levee Feature 2.JPG 3,264 × 2,448; 3.3 MB
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Kępa Wieloryb, Stara Wisła, Wał Miedzeszyński.jpg 1,620 × 1,080; 1.39 MB
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Lambeth boatbuilders 1853.jpg 1,888 × 989; 333 KB
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Lambeth waterfront c.1860.jpg 1,974 × 1,585; 1,021 KB
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LENTO banner.jpg 18,123 × 2,593; 57.71 MB
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Levee - Secchia detention basin, Soliera, Modena, Italy - November 22, 2017 01.jpg 4,836 × 7,254; 18.71 MB
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Levee - Secchia detention basin, Soliera, Modena, Italy - November 22, 2017.jpg 6,695 × 4,782; 15.3 MB
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Levee between Vlhlavský rybník and Kuchyňka.jpg 4,000 × 6,000; 9.56 MB
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Limehouse in 1750.jpg 1,920 × 1,167; 1.37 MB
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Linth Reichenburg.jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 498 KB
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Millbank Penitentiary 1829.jpg 1,830 × 1,270; 1.21 MB
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MOs810, WG 2014 66 Puszcza Notecka west (Lipki Male) (2).JPG 2,048 × 1,360; 649 KB
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MOs810, WG 2014 66 Puszcza Notecka west (Notec kolo Goszczanowca).JPG 2,048 × 1,360; 612 KB
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MOs810, WG 2014 66 Puszcza Notecka West (Stare Polichno) (3).JPG 2,044 × 1,280; 743 KB
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NarraBayRIMineNetDef01.jpg 816 × 612; 165 KB
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Neuer-Weserdeich.JPG 3,072 × 2,304; 3.15 MB
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North Slob Seawall 2012 10 01.jpg 3,504 × 1,835; 4.87 MB
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Opening of the Southern Embankment of the Thames, at Lambeth - ILN 1869.jpg 1,474 × 1,050; 983 KB
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Overtopintoriver.png 1,440 × 1,080; 574 KB
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Overtopping.png 1,440 × 1,080; 858 KB
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Pastorini's Adelphi.jpg 1,808 × 844; 952 KB
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Perry title page.jpg 638 × 1,054; 155 KB
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Perry's dovetailed piles.png 60 × 367; 18 KB
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Piping1.png 1,440 × 1,080; 1.29 MB
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PipingScheme.jpg 928 × 1,462; 72 KB
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Po River Levee - Bagnolo San Vito, Mantua, Italy - November 16, 2018.jpg 18,123 × 5,832; 82.52 MB
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Richard Wilson 1744.jpg 1,114 × 737; 611 KB
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Rotation of floodwall.png 1,440 × 1,080; 1.13 MB
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Ría de Limpias 03.jpg 4,288 × 2,848; 12.11 MB
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Ría de Limpias 04.jpg 3,936 × 2,592; 8.89 MB
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Ría de Limpias 05.jpg 3,929 × 2,574; 12.16 MB
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Sea defence structure terminology.jpg 2,501 × 2,232; 297 KB
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Seepage.png 1,440 × 1,080; 1.13 MB
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Shadwell by the Ship Inn.jpg 1,473 × 1,920; 2.37 MB
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Sliding.png 1,440 × 1,080; 917 KB
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Structural failure.png 1,440 × 1,080; 1.09 MB
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Studies of soldiers in a cartouche representing coastal defence RMG PU9956.jpg 1,280 × 1,080; 1.73 MB
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Surell - Étude sur les torrents des Hautes-Alpes, 1841 - Figure 11.jpg 2,032 × 500; 148 KB
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Surell - Étude sur les torrents des Hautes-Alpes, 1841 - Figure 12.jpg 3,693 × 671; 554 KB
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Surell - Étude sur les torrents des Hautes-Alpes, 1841 - Figure 13.jpg 1,584 × 337; 104 KB
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Tatami Levee-1.jpg 2,088 × 3,712; 3.08 MB
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Tatami Levee-2.jpg 3,712 × 2,088; 3.23 MB
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Thames overflow, Lambeth.jpg 2,500 × 1,589; 831 KB
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The Mill Wall, Isle of Dogs, seen from Greenwich, c.1685.jpg 1,851 × 1,256; 521 KB
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Tram X on DniproGES.jpg 516 × 743; 98 KB
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Turbidite.png 2,414 × 1,451; 260 KB
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Umocnienie przejazdu A 965.JPG 3,648 × 2,736; 3.53 MB
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Umzeichnung Bauinschrift Bozner Wassermauer 1675.png 358 × 211; 31 KB
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Velký chotilský rybník, loď na hrázi.jpg 4,416 × 3,312; 8.2 MB
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Velký chotilský rybník, pohled k hrázy.JPG 4,416 × 3,312; 5.8 MB
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Westminster Bridge 1774.jpg 2,871 × 1,382; 663 KB
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Yasuragi-tei 001.JPG 1,600 × 1,200; 592 KB
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Yasuragi-tei 002.JPG 1,600 × 1,200; 588 KB
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Дамба.Выход с Кронштадтского рейда.jpg 3,648 × 2,736; 7.31 MB
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Элементы временной дамбы на набережной Амура у стадиона имени Ленина (Хабаровск).jpg 4,096 × 2,304; 2.33 MB
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千貫堤.jpg 5,056 × 3,792; 17.83 MB
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大阪市尻無川の高規格堤防.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 5.16 MB