Coastal Levee

Japanese: coastal levee(英語表記)coastallevee
Coastal Levee

… In addition, there are also levee types, such as dikes that extend beyond the confluence of two rivers to reduce turbulence caused by the confluence, and guide levees that are installed to keep the flow of rivers at a constant level at the mouths of rivers that flow into the sea or lakes. Although rarely seen these days, there are also side levees that extend almost at right angles from the main levee to secure low water channels and to allow water to flow during floods and to reduce the force of floods. The above has been about river levees, but levees are also sometimes built on coasts, and are called coastal levees. Coastal levees are built to prevent damage from high tides and high waves caused by typhoons, and are structurally stronger than river levees to take into account wave overtopping and other factors. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "coastal levee" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… このほか,堤防には二つの河川の合流点で,合流による流れの乱れを減少させるため堤防を合流地点よりもさらに延ばした瀬割堤,海や湖に流入する河川の河口部の流れを一定に保つために設けられる導流堤があり,また最近はほとんど見られないが,本堤からほぼ直角に出し,低水路を固定するとともに,洪水時には水を遊ばせて洪水の勢いを緩和させることを目的とした横堤もある。 以上,述べてきたのは河川の堤防についてであるが,海岸にも堤防がつくられることがあり,これを海岸堤防coastal leveeと呼ぶ。海岸堤防は,台風による高潮や高波の被害を防止するために築造されるもので,越波などを考慮して構造的には河川の堤防よりは強固にしてある。…

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