Performance of river flood embankments

Bettess, R. and Reeve, C. (1995) Performance of river flood embankments. Technical Report. HR Wallingford.

Abstract

Embankments are often used to protect land on flood plains from river flooding when a flood event passes down a river, a high head of water is contained by the embankment, preventing the flood water from inundating the flood plain. A survey of the hydraulic performance of flood embankments in the UK is described.

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