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Dikes are artificially created mounds of earth, soil or rocks used to protect land from flooding by water, whether river or ocean. They may be named dikes, seawalls, levees, flood walls, etc..
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Lake Okeechobee |
The Herbert Hoover Dike is a dike around the waters of Lake Okeechobee in Florida.
Over the years, the quality of the flood control around the lake has grown. In the 1910s, a small earthen dike was constructed. This containment was breached by the...
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