The government decided to build levees only on the left bank of Nemunas in order to save money.

To that end, they built artificial levees to confine the river to its main course.

The site was later drained to enhance water control and build levees.

After the 1965 flood, Rock Island built levees to hold the river at bay.

An example of adaptation to climate change is building levees in response to sea level rise.

We're going to build dams and levees and make sure it doesn't happen again.

Slaves built levees along the Mississippi River to control flooding.

However, private landowners along the Mississippi River built levees that were only three or four feet high.

In history, the region was hit by floods frequently,so people built levees for the purpose of governing the flood.