leveedadj.
/ləˈviːd/ Chiefly U.S.
Of a district: surrounded by or provided with levees. Of a channel, river, etc.: having natural levees.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bank > [adjective] > of river > having levees
leveed1958
the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > embankment or dam > [adjective] > having embankments
leveed1983
1958 New Scientist 2 Oct. 947 Tracings of echograms of some leveed channels found off the California coast.
1964 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists 48 1126 Where the survey was discontinued, in depths of 2,200 fathoms, the leveed canyon was still a prominent feature.
1983 Oil & Gas Jrnl. 7 Feb. 91/2 Each of the upper fan facies is characterized by a single, sinuous, leveed channel.
1983 Oil & Gas Jrnl. 6 June 33/3 The material will be deposited inside leveed areas to be built onshore at the port.
1987 New 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.
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