[AnAmericanMother]

Look at the size of the two lane highway in the lower left of the picture. That is an ENORMOUS levee - it doesn't look all that tall because the slope is very shallow to have a good "angle of repose". If I recall correctly from the 1980s when I worked on a flood wall case, that's called a constant or continuous-slope buttress.

I had to hunt around for an aerial shot, because a levee ordinarily doesn't look like much. My dad is from Rome GA which has levees too . . . but you don't notice them much other than that it's a good place to walk the dog or ride your bike.

Until they break that is . . .

[CindyDawg]

I guess but it doesn't even look like it covers the trees. It looks like a big ditch to me. I was expecting something like a dam with lots of concrete:') My first thought was that it looked like a pretty nature trail.