Category:Dikes - Wikimedia Commons

ridge or wall to hold back water
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Subclass of	flood control structure civil engineering construction dam from granular material Q332724 hydraulic structure
Location	bank
Has use	protection (flood) flood control
Different from	Grobla Levy
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This category is for the flood protection structures. Difference between dikes and levees:

• Dikes protect land that would normally be under water from flooding.
  Dikes are most often associated with the sea and areas of land below sea level.
• Levees protect land that would normally be dry from flooding.
  Levees are most often associated with rivers.

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Subcategories

This category has the following 18 subcategories, out of 18 total.