Embankment

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Embankment may refer to:

• A levee or dike (construction), an artificial bank raised above the immediately-surrounding land to redirect or prevent flooding by a river, lake or sea
• Embankment (transportation), in transportation, a raised bank to carry a road, railway, or canal across a low-lying or wet area
• Embankment dam, a dam made of mounded earth and rock
• Land reclamation along the banks of a river, usually marked by roads and walkways running along it, parallel to the river, as in:
  • The Thames Embankment along the north side of the Thames River in London, England.
    • The Victoria Embankment contained within the Thames Embankment
    • The Chelsea Embankment contained within the Thames Embankment
      • Embankment tube station, a station on the London Underground
  • The Albert Embankment along the south side of the Thames River in London, England
  • The Palace Embankment along the Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • The English Embankment along the Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia
• "Embankment", a work by artist Rachel Whiteread

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