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leveed, ppl. a. Chiefly U.S.|ləˈviːd| [f. levee v.1 + -ed1.] Of a district: surrounded by or provided with levees. Of a channel, river, etc.: having natural levees.
1958New Scientist 2 Oct. 947 Tracings of echograms of some leveed channels found off the California coast. 1964Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists XLVIII. 1126 Where the survey was discontinued, in depths of 2,200 fathoms, the leveed canyon was still a prominent feature. 1983Oil & Gas Jrnl. 7 Feb. 91/2 Each of the upper fan facies is characterized by a single, sinuous, leveed channel. Ibid. 6 June 33/3 The material will be deposited inside leveed areas to be built onshore at the port. 1987New Yorker 23 Feb. 88/2 The towboat Mississippi is more than halfway down the Atchafalaya now—beyond the leveed farmland of the upper basin and into the storied swamp. |