Embankment
Water
An earth structure the top of which is higher than the adjoining surface. A shaped earth or rockfill dam. Fill material, usually earth or rock, placed with sloping sides and with a length greater than its height. An embankment is generally higher than a dike.
Artificial hill or ridge constructed of fill material, usually earth or rock, placed with sloping sides and usually with a length greater than its height.
- — Dam Safety - Glossary of Terms retrieved 2014-06-01
Fill material, usually earth or rock, placed with sloping sides and usually with length greater than height. All dams are types of embankments.
- — Service Hydrologist Reference Manual Glossary of Hydrologic Terms retrieved 2014-06-01
Weather
In hydrologic terms, fill material, usually earth or rock, placed with sloping sides and usually with length greater than height. All dams are types of embankments