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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seawalls
Noun
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Strong longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties and other hazardous areas.
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Much of the sand that comes down the Santa Ana River gets regularly dredged and hauled to the groin jetties in West Newport.
Noun
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In his view, its role is merely to maintain the levees for flood protection.
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Maintaining urban wetlands can help reduce flooding, protect property and recharge groundwater more effectively and for less money than building and maintaining levees.
Noun
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Riding mowers are not designed for wet conditions and are more likely to roll on embankments.
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Been there as communities have tried to tame the mighty waters with levees and embankments, and battled 100-pound invasive fish.
Noun
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Constructing protective structures such as levees and dikes can help, as can preserving natural landscapes, such as wetlands and estuaries that can act as a natural sponge to absorb floodwaters, in and near the cities, Shao and her colleagues wrote.
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The dikes would consist of walls surrounding the city, separating it from the lagoon, Lionello said.
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Manipulating the timing of releases from dams on the western rivers could flood Pakistani farmland during planting seasons, while withholding water during critical irrigation windows could devastate harvests.
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Then April's record rainfall created more runoff than waterways, dams and culverts could handle.
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