Sentences with word «riprap»

Rocks, known as riprap, protect beachfront homes in Neskowin in Tillamook County, Ore..

The river flooded each spring and dragged local backyards into its roil, even though the banks were strengthened with riprap and piled high with rocks torn from reconstructed walls and foundations.

Removal of engineered riprap (boulders) from the stream banks and reintroduction of large woody debris to enhance aquatic habitat.

This is because it has a long coastal line made from beaches divided by rock ripraps (spelling?).

Work includes grading base and riprap.

The somewhat haphazardly constructed channel is described as being either concrete lined, «composite», trapezoidal, or riprap.

Residents were well aware of the imminent threat as revealed by the boulders, or riprap, placed at the base of the crumbling cliffs to discourage erosion, but those remedies were no match for the ensuing El Nino storm surge.