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  2. Embanking of the tidal Thames - Wikipedia

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    Cattle grazing below high water, Isle of Dogs, 1792 (Robert Dodd, detail: National Maritime Museum) The Embanking of the tidal Thames is the historical process by which the lower River Thames, at one time a shallow waterway, perhaps five times broader than today, winding through malarious marshlands, has been transformed by human intervention into a deep, narrow tidal canal flowing between ...

  3. Embankment - Wikipedia

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    A levee, an artificial bank raised above the immediately surrounding land to redirect or prevent flooding by a river, lake or sea; Embankment (earthworks), a raised bank to carry a road, railway, or canal across a low-lying or wet area; Embankment dam, a dam made of mounded earth and rock

  4. Albert Embankment - Wikipedia

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    Unlike Bazalgette's Thames Embankment (including Chelsea Embankment and Victoria Embankment), the Albert Embankment does not incorporate major interceptor sewers. This allowed the southern section of the embankment (upstream from Lambeth Bridge) to include a pair of tunnels onto a small slipway, named White Hart Draw Dock , whose origins can be ...

  5. Polder - Wikipedia

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    The Netherlands has a large area of polders: as much as 20% of the land area has at some point in the past been reclaimed from the sea, thus contributing to the development of the country. IJsselmeer is the most famous polder project of the Netherlands. Some other countries which have polders are Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada and China.

  6. The Fens - Wikipedia

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    The Fens today are protected by 60 miles (97 km) of embankments defending against the sea and 96 miles (154 km) of river embankments. Eleven internal drainage board (IDB) groups maintain 286 pumping stations and 3,800 miles (6,100 km) of watercourses, with the combined capacity to pump 16,500 Olympic-size swimming pools in a 24-hour period or ...

  7. Thames Embankment - Wikipedia

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    There had been a long history of failed proposals to embank the Thames in central London. Embankments along the Thames were first proposed by Christopher Wren in the 1660s, then in 1824 former soldier and aide to George IV, Sir Frederick Trench suggested an embankment [1] known as 'Trench's Terrace' from Blackfriars to Charing Cross. Trench ...

  8. Flood embankment - Wikipedia

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    Most flood embankments are between 1 metre and 3 metres high. A 5-metre-high (16 ft) flood embankment is rare. [1] Modern improvements to this design include constructing an internal central core made from impermeable substance like clay or concrete, some even use metal pilings. [2] Some authorities call man-made structures levees.

  9. Flood control in the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    The coast consisted of a row of coastal dunes and natural embankments which kept the swamps from draining but also from being washed away by the sea. The only areas suitable for habitation were on the higher grounds in the east and south and on the dunes and natural embankments along the coast and the rivers.