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An embankment is a raised wall, bank or mound made of earth or stones, that are used to hold back water or carry a roadway. A road , railway line , or canal is normally raised onto an embankment made of compacted soil (typically clay or rock-based) to avoid a change in level required by the terrain , the alternatives being either to have an ...
Burke's Garden is an upland valley and unincorporated community in Tazewell County, Virginia. It is surrounded by the Garden Mountain Cluster , wild areas in the national forest recognized by the Wilderness Society as "Mountain Treasures", areas that are worthy of protection from logging and road construction.
The James River Gorge is a water gap created by the James River in Central Virginia.The Gorge is 2,433 feet (742 m) [1] deep as measured from Highcock Knob 3,073 feet (937 m) [1] to the James River 640 feet (200 m) [1] and is approximately 9.3 miles (15.0 km) [2] long.
By placing these embankments somewhat back from the margin of the river-bed, a wide flood-channel is provided for the discharge of the river as soon as it overflows its banks, while leaving the natural channel unaltered for the ordinary flow. Low embankments may be sufficient where only exceptional summer floods have to be excluded from meadows.
Location: Alleghany County, near Kincaid, Virginia: Coordinates: 1]: Construction began: 1974: Opening date: 1979: Operator(s): U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Dam and spillways; Type of dam: Embankment, rock-fill: Impounds: Jackson River: Height: 257 feet (78 m): Length: 1,310 feet (400 m): Width (base): 32 feet (9.8 m) (crest) 1,000 feet (300 m) (base): Reservoir; Creates: Lake Moomaw: Total ...
The side of a levee in Sacramento, California. A levee (/ ˈ l ɛ v i / or / ˈ l ɛ v eɪ /), [a] [1] dike (American English), dyke (British English; see spelling differences), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is an elevated ridge, natural or artificial, alongside the banks of a river, often intended to protect against flooding of the area adjoining the river.
The watershed includes about 4% open water and an area with a population of 2.5 million people (2000). The James River forms near Iron Gate on the border between Alleghany and Botetourt counties, from the confluence of the Cowpasture and Jackson rivers in the Appalachian Mountains. It flows into the Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads.
A significant portion of the Divide forms part of the border between West Virginia and Virginia along Allegheny Mountain and then Peters Mountain, separating the Greenbrier River and James River watersheds. It then makes a dramatic arc to the east around the Sinking Creek valley, and then follows the hill crest east of Blacksburg, Virginia. [3] [4]