International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage Commission Interationale des Irrigation et du Drainage

Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD)

2222. Wing levee, Afflux bund, or Afflux bank : An embankment or dike designed to prevent the outflanking of the abutment by flood waters passing round the end of the weir, extending up to, but not across, the whole of the river flood plain.

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