river dike
river dyke

A river dike which is also a diversion road was built to protect the town center.

The first real significant growth of the village started in 1900 when several alleys were built perpendicular to the river dike.

For many centuries, the only buildings in Krimpen were farm houses built along the river dike.

Larger flooding was to be facilitated by inlets in the normal river dikes.

The authorities think this can harm the fragile river dikes and walls at a delicate moment."

Not until the Eighty Years' War some industrial activities began to appear along the river dike.

The distances are short, the road flat and, when riding atop the river dike and not below it, quite scenic.

In the beginning of the 20th century development began inland from the river dikes, and the municipality began to lose its agricultural character.

According to the Mammal Society and the Dutch Water board, this will cause a threat to the river dikes.

Many people who were forced to abandon their homes complained that environmentalists had blocked proposals to strengthen river dikes and increase their height.

During the building of the Zagyva River dikes, remnants of a Scythian settlement were found, including iron pots and other pottery.

About one acre square, it is located near Dungeness Meadows and can be seen from the Dungeness River Dike.

Medium to fine grained diorite and gabbro comprise the Bear River dikes and are occasionally altered by metamorphism to form greenschist.

The Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport and the Susquehanna River dike are both located in the borough.

The first river dikes appeared near the river mouths in the 11th century, where incursions from the sea added to the danger from high water levels on the river.

Consequently, North Vietnamese leaders feared that if the Red River dikes were targeted by the Americans, Hanoi and the surrounding farmlands would be flooded.

The plans included drawing up worst-case scenarios for evacuations and included more than €100 billion, or $144 billion, in new spending through the year 2100 for measures, such as broadening coastal dunes and strengthening sea and river dikes.

July 22, 1991: Lahar (flowing mud and volcanic debris) destroys Parua river dikes, wreaks havoc on nearby barangays, and totally destroys barangays San Martin, Malupa and the southern portion of Sta.

River dikes prevent flooding of land by the major rivers Rhine and Meuse, while a complicated system of drainage ditches, canals and pumping stations (historically: windmills) keep the low lying parts dry for habitation and agriculture.

There, immediately out of Deventer, begins the prettiest and longest unbroken stretch of the river between towns: 25 miles to Zwolle and two hours of good biking on a flat path atop the river dike, if unimpeded by wind.

Sissel said, This afternoon let's clean the room up and then go for a long walk, a walk along the river dyke.

Instead I took long walks along the river dyke into the Norfolk hinterland of dull beet fields, telegraph poles, uniform grey skies.

MacDonnell he has reined his mare beside the river dyke, And he has tied the parley flag upon a sergeant's pike; Six companies were there From Limerick and Clare, The last of all the guardians of Cremona.