flood control

English Thesaurus

1. (engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floods (noun.act)

hypernym	:	control,
definition	:	the activity of managing or exerting control over something (noun.act)

domain category	:	applied science, engineering, engineering science, technology,
definition	:	the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems (noun.cognition)