Flood embankment and protection status. Flood embankment A flood embankment is traditionally an earth wall used to shore up flood waters. Most flood embankments are between 1 metre and 3 metres high. A 5 metre high flood embankment is rare. Modern improvements to this design include constructing an internal central core made from impermeable substance like clay or concrete, some even use metal pilings. Some authorities call man-made structures levees. Clifton, Rawcliffe, Poppleton and Leeman ings in York River Gowan, Cumbria River Trent This is an animation showing a flood event overwhelming neighbouring properties and the added construction of a flood embankment
English Embankment English Embankment The English Embankment (; "Angliyskaya Naberezhnaya") or English Quay is a street along the left bank of the Bolshaya Neva River in Central Saint Petersburg. It has been historically one of the most fashionable streets in Saint Petersburg, and in the 19th century was called by the French term, "Promenade des Anglais". It was from the English Embankment that at 2 AM on October 25, 1917, the gunshot from the "Aurora" sent the signal to storm the Winter Palace during Russian Revolution. The English Embankment runs perpendicular to the south end of the Annunciation Bridge and spans between