University of Illinois Extension

River Management: The Good, Bad & Ugly

Rivers are also managed for flood control. This is done to protect homes, towns and farms from flooding. To do this, structures like levees and dams are built.

Champlain wants to know if you remember about levees...

What is a levee?

  1. a wide deposit of soil
  2. a small stream
  3. a mound of soil piled up along the river bank
  4. a place to dock boats

A levee is a mound of soil piled up along the river bank and can be man-made or natural.