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Embankment On The Mississippi Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is LEVEE which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: LEVEE

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199%5Exact Match!
234%10 It begins in Mississippi and flows into the Mississippi River
323%4 River embankment

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We think the answer is "LEVEE" which means:

    noun
  • • A formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
  • • A pier that provides a landing place on a river
  • • An embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing
  • verb
  • • To keep within a channel by means of levees.
  • • To attend the levee or levees of.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The levee was built to protect the town from flooding."
  • • "The river overflowed and breached the levee."

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