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thumb|Components of an artificial levee: thumb|The side of a levee in Sacramento, California|Sacramento, [[California]]
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A levee is an artificial barrier, typically made of earth or concrete, built along rivers or coastlines to prevent flooding by containing water within a specific area. Levees are important because they protect communities, farmland, and infrastructure from the destructive effects of floods and storm surge.
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- Location
- bank
- Image
- GretnaLevee.jpg
- Has use
- flood control
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- OpenStreetMap tag
- man_made=dyke
- Commons category
- Dikes
- topic's main category
- Category:Dikes
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- different from
- Levy
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000178
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