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a deposit of sand or mud built up along, and sloping away from, either side of the flood plain of a river or stream. Also called levee.
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natural levee
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natural levee — A long, broad low ridge or embankment of sand and coarse silt, built by a stream on its flood plain and along both sides of its channel, especially in time of flood when water overflowing the normal banks is forced to deposit the coarsest part … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
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levee — I lev•ee [[t]ˈlɛv i[/t]] n. 1) civ an embankment designed to prevent the flooding of a river 2) gel a natural deposit of sand or mud built up along the side of a river or stream 3) agr. one of the small continuous ridges surrounding fields that… … From formal English to slang
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