Assertion: levee | /r/HasProperty | man-made embankment
Facets:
value: along a water course
type: LOCATION
value: to contain
type: PURPOSE
value: in accordance with sound engineering practices
type: OTHER
value: simply
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: A levee is simply a man-made embankment built to keep a river from overflowing its banks or to prevent ocean waves from washing into undesired areas.
text: Levees can be natural or man-made.
text: According to the Federal Emergency and Management Authority (FEMA) a levee is a “man-made design and construction in accordance with sound engineering practices to contain, control, or divert the flow of water to provide protection from temporary flooding .
text: Levees are man-made barriers along a water course constructed for the primary purpose of providing flood, storm and hurricane protection.
text: Levees are man-made embankment built to keep a river from overflowing its banks or to prevent ocean waves from washing into undesired areas.