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The Oosterscheldekering contains 62 steel doors, each 42 metres (138 ft) wide
The Maeslantkering closes the main entrance to the Port of Rotterdam, the largest port in Europe.

A flood barrier, surge barrier or storm surge barrier is a specific type of floodgate, designed to prevent a storm surge or spring tide from flooding the protected area behind the barrier. A surge barrier is almost always part of a larger flood protection system consisting of floodwalls, levees (also known as dikes), and other constructions and natural geographical features.

Flood barrier may also refer to barriers placed around or at individual buildings to keep floodwaters from entering the buildings.

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Flood barrier

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flood barrier, surge barrier or storm surge barrier is a specific type of floodgate, designed to prevent a storm surge or spring tide from flooding the...

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Thames Barrier

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costs and the probability of a flood and of damage if the barrier was not built. He strongly recommended that a barrier should be built in order to avoid...

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Flood control

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Flood control (or flood mitigation, protection or alleviation) methods are used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters. Flooding...

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Hesco bastion

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as the Hesco barrier or Hesco bastion, with HESCO being the brand name of the manufacturer, is a modern gabion primarily used for flood control and military...

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MOSE

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water-technology.net. Retrieved 3 October 2020. "Venice tests its flood barrier system for the first time See: 4:01PM". www.telegraph.co.uk. 10 July...

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Oosterscheldekering

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(The flood barrier is closed. The Delta Works are completed. Zeeland is safe.) At the artificial island Neeltje-Jans, at one end of the barrier, a plaque...

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Port of Rotterdam

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Works plan, the Maeslantkering flood barrier was constructed from 1991 to 1997 to protect the area. This flood barrier consists of two huge doors that...

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Barking Creek

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Creekmouth is nearby. The Barking Creek Barrier, a tidal flood barrier, was constructed in the 1980s as part of the Thames flood defence system, opening in 1983...

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Flexible intermediate bulk container

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Thailand floods. Walls built using big bags instead of smaller traditionally used sandbags were termed the big bag wall, or big bag barrier. In North...

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Delta Works

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order with their year of completion: Flood control in the Netherlands Lauwerszee Works Megaproject Thames Barrier Zuiderzee Works Johan van Veen Pieter...

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Floodgate

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called stop gates, are adjustable gates used to control water flow in flood barriers, reservoir, river, stream, or levee systems. They may be designed to...

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Maeslantkering

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threatened by floods. Maeslantkering has two 210-metre long barrier gates, with two 237-metre long steel trusses holding each. When closed, the barrier will protect...

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1928 Thames flood

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Thames flood barrier, but these came to nothing, due to concerns that such a barrier would impede shipping access to the London docks. The flood of January...

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River Hull tidal surge barrier

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surge barrier is a flood control gate located on the River Hull in the city of Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The barrier impounds...

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Flood wall

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doi:10.3389/fenvs.2021.778568. ISSN 2296-665X. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Floodwalls. DeltaWorks.Org Flood Barriers project in the Netherlands...

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Coastal flooding

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exposed to flooding. The seawater can flood the land via several different paths: direct flooding, overtopping of a barrier, or breaching of a barrier. Coastal...

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Fox Point Hurricane Barrier

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The Fox Point Hurricane Barrier is a 3,000-foot (910 m) long tidal flood barrier spanning the Providence River in Providence, Rhode Island, located 750...

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North Sea flood of 1953

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The 1953 North Sea flood (Dutch: Watersnoodramp) was a major flood caused by a heavy storm surge that struck the Netherlands, north-west Belgium, England...

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Venice

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promised on Wednesday that the flood barrier would be completed. Georgiou, Aristos (13 November 2019). "Venice flooding sees more than 85 percent of city...

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River Orwell

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and Atkins, for construction of the barrier and associated flood defences on the banks of the river. The barrier is designed to prevent tidal surges passing...

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Flood

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intense floods and increased flood risk. The types of floods include areal flooding, riverine flooding, coastal flooding and urban flooding. There is...

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Walls of Avignon

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this event the town decided to make better use of the town walls as a flood barrier and to install sluice gates on all the canals and drains. Each of the...

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River Foss Barrier

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River Ouse. The barrier’s purpose is to prevent water from the Ouse flowing upstream into the Foss, raising water levels and flooding properties along...

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Ipswich

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area was flooded in 2013 during a tidal surge. In February 2019 a flood gate, which protects the "New Cut", was unveiled. The flood barrier, similar in...

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Barrier island

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the barrier beyond the critical width was breaching, formation of a partially subaerial flood shoal, and subsequent inlet closure. Critical barrier width...

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IHNC Lake Borgne Surge Barrier

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and just south of the existing Bayou Bienvenue flood control structure. Navigation gates where the barrier crosses the GIWW and Bayou Bienvenue can be worked...

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Mississippi River floods of 2019

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fourth highest on record. On the afternoon of 1 June 2019, a temporary flood barrier failed forcing evacuation of multiple businesses in a 4 to 5 block area...

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