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weqwewe [10]
3 years ago
5

________ are earthen mounds built on the banks of rivers to increase the volume of water the channel can hold.

Geography
1 answer:
uysha [10]3 years ago
5 0

<u>ANSWER:</u>

Artificial levees are 'earthen mounds' built on the river banks to increase the 'volume of water' the channel can hold.

<u>EXPLANATION:</u>

  • A levee or stop bank is called as a 'natural or artificial wall' or a bank which is used to protect the flooded water in a certain area and these Levees are made from the compact earth.
  • There are two type of levee, artificial and natural. Artificial levee often seems to get damaged which may cause breach.
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