Levee

A levee, levée (from the feminine past participle of the French verb lever, "to raise"), floodbank or stopbank is a natural or artificial slope or wall, usually earthen, which parallels the course of a river. The word levee seems to have come into English through its use in Louisiana. There are many of them in New Orleans such as the
 * Industrial Canal levee
 * London Avenue Canal levee
 * 17th Street Canal levee