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I wonder about this too. We have several dikes already that are much higher than seven metres. From everything I hear, we're not anywhere near the limits of fea
by WJW 7y ago
I wonder about this too. We have several dikes already that are much higher than seven metres. From everything I hear, we're not anywhere near the limits of feasible dike height, not in terms of engineerable strength nor in economic feasability (they're mostly just earth walls, after all).
- jacquesm 7y agoThat, and dikes need not be made of earth, they can have concrete as well. The biggest risks with dikes are seepage and shifting, especially a problem with old river dikes before we properly understood how to make them.