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levee
Summary
levee ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,637 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- The location of levee was bank[2].
- levee is a type of flood control structure[3].
- levee is a type of civil engineering construction[4].
- levee is a type of dam from granular material[5].
- levee is a type of fixed-crest weir[6].
- levee is a type of hydraulic structure[7].
- levee is a type of levee[8].
- levee is used for protection[9].
- levee is used for flood control[10].
- levee's Commons category is recorded as Dikes[11].
- levee's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dikes[12].
- levee's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as man_made=dyke[13].
- levee's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[14].
- levee's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
- levee's different from is recorded as Grobla[16].
- levee's different from is recorded as Levy[17].
- levee's fabrication method is recorded as embankment[18].
- levee's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000178[19].
- levee's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20].
Body
Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include flood control structure[3], civil engineering construction[4], dam from granular material[5], fixed-crest weir[6], hydraulic structure[7], and levee[8].
Use and Application
Recorded has use include protection[9] and flood control[10].
Influence
Things named for levee include Amsterdam[21], a municipality of the Netherlands[22], in Netherlands[23], founded in 1812[24], headquartered in Amsterdam[25].
Why It Matters
levee ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,637 views/month).[1] levee has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] levee is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]
Entities named for levee include Amsterdam[21], a municipality of the Netherlands[22], in Netherlands[23], founded in 1812[24], headquartered in Amsterdam[25].