Assertion: levee | /r/HasProperty | built
Facets:
value: usually
type: DEGREE
value: by piling earth
type: MANNER
value: according to plan
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: After Levees Were Built, Floods Got Worse on the Wabash River Near Mt. Carmel, Illinois
text: Levees are usually built by piling earth on a cleared, level surface.
text: New Orleans' levees were built to sustain the city's growth, unlike the levees in neighboring areas, which were built to provide safety.
text: Levees within an estuarine environment may be built to address a combination of riverine and coastal flood defence objectives.
text: A breach is when the levee breaks, and was unable to hold the water it was built for...not when it overflows....a common misconception....
text: Levees are usually built by piling earth on a cleared, level surface.
text: The Loire River in France is another site where levees were built to protect agriculture and populated areas.
text: A breach is when the levee breaks, and was unable to hold the water it was built for...not when it overflows....a common misconception....
text: A breach is when the levee breaks, and was unable to hold the water it was built for...not when it overflows....a common misconception....
text: A breach is when the levee breaks, and was unable to hold the water it was built for...not when it overflows....a common misconception....
text: A breach is when the levee breaks, and was unable to hold the water it was built for...not when it overflows....a common misconception....
text: A breach is when the levee breaks, and was unable to hold the water it was built for...not when it overflows....a common misconception....
text: A breach is when the levee breaks, and was unable to hold the water it was built for...not when it overflows....a common misconception....
text: To remove property from the flood plain, FEMA requires that levees be built at least 3 feet higher than the 100-year river flood.
text: Levees are usually built by piling earth on a cleared, level surface.
text: A breach is when the levee breaks, and was unable to hold the water it was built for...not when it overflows....a common misconception....
text: It merely indicated that the Mayhew levee along the south bank of the American River was built according to plan and met the standards as per 44 CFR 65.10.
text: The scientists studied 13 levees in the Midwest, compiling these two measurements before and after the levees were built.
text: That meant the levee was built up to 7 feet higher than the elevation of the 100-year flood.
text: Heine told us that although they started with 203 possible sites to study, they had to throw out nearly all of them because the government-funded stream gauges necessary to study levees weren't collecting enough data, or weren't in place before the levees were built, or weren't in the right place in the river relative to levees.
text: After levees were built, they cut off most of the Wabash River's ability to reach the floodplain below the intersection with the White River, and water heights rose.