Embankment
71protective embankment — noun a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification • Syn: ↑escarpment, ↑escarp, ↑scarp • Hypernyms: ↑fortification, ↑munition …
72imbankment — embankment (1) a raised bank confining a river; 2) the act of making an embankment) …
73dam — dam1 /dam/, n., v., dammed, damming. n. 1. a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, esp. one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river. 2. a body of water confined by a dam. 3. any barrier resembling a dam. v.t. 4. to furnish with a …
74Dam — /dam, dahm/, n. (Carl Peter) Henrik /kahrl pee ter hen rik/; Dan. /kahrddl pay teuhrdd hen rddik/, 1895 1976, Danish biochemist: Nobel prize for medicine 1943. * * * I Barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to conserve water for such… …
75Dam — This article is about structures for water impoundment. For other uses, see Dam (disambiguation). Hoover Dam, a concrete arch gravity dam in Black Canyon of the Colorado River. Lake Mead in the background is impounded by the dam …
76Charing Cross tube station — This article is about the London Underground station. For the National Rail station, see Charing Cross railway station. Charing Cross Mural of the construction of Charing Cross …
77List of dams and reservoirs in China — This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. The Bikou Dam on the Bailong River in Gansu Dams and reservoirs in China are numerous and have had a profound effect on the country s development a …
78East Kent Light Railway — The East Kent Light Railway was part of the Colonel Stephens group of cheaply built rural light railways in England. Holman Fred Stephens was engineer from its inception, subsequently becoming director and manager. The line ran from Shepherdswell …
79IJkdijk — The IJkdijk is a facility in the Netherlands to test dikes and to develop sensor network technologies for early warning systems. Furthermore the sensor network will be able to detect many water related environmental factors that affects the… …
80Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway — Hampstead tube redirects here. For Hampstead tube station, see Hampstead tube station. Geographic route map of Charing Cross, Euston Hampstead Railway The Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway (CCE HR), also known as the Hampstead tube, was …
