Assertion: levee | /r/HasProperty | raised bank of a river
Facets:
value: artificially
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: A levee, or levée, is a raised bank of a river.
text: A levee, as the French origin suggests, is a river bank that has been artificially raised to resist flooding, such that the bank forms a ridge higher than the surrounding land.
text: It's arguable (I may be wrong here, I'm not a hydrologist) that levees (ie the raised bank) might also be formed naturally by deposition on banks.
text: A levee, or levée, is a raised bank of a river.
text: A levee, or levée, is a raised bank of a river.
text: The areas along the Canal from Metairie Ridge to the Lake were substantially developed for residential use after World War II, and levees along the "back" sections of the Canal were raised.