dike

Example Sentences

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Estuaries — a refuge for growing juvenile salmon — have been diked and drained to create farmland.

From Seattle Times

In the early 1900s, this land was diked and drained to create farmland.

From Seattle Times

The delta was once filled with vast tidal marshes but was dramatically altered as wetlands were diked, drained and converted to farmland.

From Los Angeles Times

The Corps of Engineers has to approve the permits because work will be done near the Columbia River diking system and in and around wetlands, Bennett added.

From Seattle Times

Lands and waters that today are paved, dammed, diked, dredged, filled and industrialized beyond recognition are increasingly bereft of salmon, game, roots, berries, plants and medicines central to Native cultures.

From Seattle Times