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둑





 * Comparatives
 * dyke as "barrier to prevent flooding"
 * levee as "embankment to prevent inundation"


 * WHY & HOW it is vital
 * Yu the Great  (大禹, c. 2123–2025 BC)
 * From: Great Flood (China)
 * He figures prominently in the Chinese legend of "Great Yu Who Controlled the Waters" (Chinese: 大禹治水; pinyin: Dà Yǔ Zhì Shuǐ).
 * Still in 2020 summer, we saw such a disastrous flooding along the Yangtze River.


 * Hammurabi
 * The readers do miss the story of such a thrilling success he made by controlling the huge body of water that he may well be called the father of flood control, or 한물(hanmur, "flood") + 아비(abi, "father") in Korean wordplay.


 * Korean dictionaries


 * See also
 * 굳 (gud, "gut")
 * 담 (dam, "dam")
 * 둔 (dun, "dun")