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  2. Sandbag - Wikipedia

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    Sandbags can be used to build levees, barricades, dikes and berms to limit erosion from flooding. Sandbags can also be used to fortify existing flood control structures and limit the effects of sand boils. Sandbag structures do not prevent water seepage and therefore should be built with the central purpose of diverting flood water around or ...

  3. Geotextile - Wikipedia

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    Geotextile sandbags protected the historic house Kliffende on Sylt island against storms, which eroded the cliffs left and right from the sandbag barrier. [1] Erosion control manuals comment on the effectiveness of sloped, stepped shapes in mitigating shoreline erosion damage from storms. Geotextile sand-filled units provide a "soft" armoring ...

  4. Soft engineering - Wikipedia

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    Geo bags or erosion control bags/tubes act as sediment removing filters, protecting against shoreline erosion by trapping sludge and sand particles and preventing them from leaving the coastal area. The bags are designed to allow the natural flow of water to filter in and out without inhibition, limiting disruption to the coastline.

  5. Where can you get sandbags in South Florida to protect your ...

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    The city of Miami will distribute sand to residents on Sunday, Sept. 25, and Monday, Sept. 26, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the following locations:

  6. Revetment - Wikipedia

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    Asphalt and sandbag revetment with a geotextile filter. A revetment in stream restoration, river engineering or coastal engineering is a facing of impact-resistant material (such as stone, concrete, sandbags, or wooden piles) applied to a bank or wall in order to absorb the energy of incoming water and protect it from erosion.

  7. Earthbag construction - Wikipedia

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    It is a natural building technique developed from historic military bunker construction techniques and temporary flood-control dike building methods. The technique requires very basic construction materials: sturdy sacks filled with organic material usually available on site. Standard earthbag fill material has internal stability.

  8. Strongest storm in a year bearing down on Southern ... - AOL

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    Since a fire tore through Pacific Palisades last month, killing a dozen people and scorching more than 23,000 acres, workers have installed more than 7,500 feet of concrete barriers, more than ...

  9. Geosynthetics - Wikipedia

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    Geotextile sandbags protected the historic house Kliffende on Sylt island against storms, which eroded the cliffs left and right from the sandbag barrier. [1] Geotextile sandbags can be approximately 20 m long, such as those used for the artificial reef at Narrow Neck, Queensland. [1] Geosynthetics are synthetic products used to stabilize terrain.

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