🧱 Levees of the World

These are notable levees — long earthen or concrete embankments raised along rivers and coasts to keep floodwater out of farmland and towns, from the great levees of the Mississippi and the lower Rhine to the polder dikes of the Netherlands. Each profile shows where the levee runs, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

28 levees from 12 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any levee for its full profile.

Africa (1) Americas (5) Asia (7) Europe (13) Oceania (2)

Africa (1 levees)

Americas (5 levees)

Asia (7 levees)

Europe (13 levees)

Oceania (2 levees)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.