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   1. Design High Water Level (HWL)
   2. Low water channel
   3. Flood channel
   4. Riverside Slope
   5. Riverside Banquette
   6. Levee Crown
   7. Landside Slope
   8. Landside Banquette
   9. Berm
  10. Low water revetment
  11. Riverside land
  12. Levee
  13. Protected lowland 
  14. River zone]]

A levee, levée (; ), dike, dyke, embankment, floodbank or stopbank is an elongated naturally occurring ridge or artificially constructed fill or wall, which regulates water levels. It is usually earthen and often parallel to the course of a river in its floodplain or along low-lying coastlines.