The Thames Barrier is a retractable barrier system built to protect the floodplain of most of Greater London from exceptionally high tides and storm surges...

the Thames Barrier in the 1970s. The 1947 Thames flood was overall the worst 20th-century flood of the River Thames, affecting much of the Thames Valley...

The Thames Barrier Park is a 7-hectare (17.3-acre) park in Silvertown in the London Borough of Newham and is named after its location on the north side...

Haringvlietdam and the Hartelkering. The Thames Barrier is the world's second largest movable flood barrier (after the Oosterscheldekering and the Haringvlietdam)...

construction of the Thames Barrier in the 1970s. During Christmas 1927, heavy snow fell in the Cotswolds in west-central England, where the Thames has its source...

operate within the tidal Thames Estuary. In 1968 of hydraulic studies were funded to understand how a barrier across the Thames would affect the levels...

19:00 GMT on 21 January 2006. On Thursday 19 January reports from the Thames Barrier control team were made to the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR)...

Thames House is an office building in Millbank, London, on the north bank of the River Thames adjacent to Lambeth Bridge. Originally used as offices by...

gradual rise in sea levels due to climate change. The Thames Barrier was constructed across the Thames at Woolwich in the 1970s to deal with this threat,...

story of its construction was recounted in the opera The Eighth Wonder Thames Barrier, London, United Kingdom. Three Gorges Dam in Hubei, China West Baden...

Creekmouth is nearby. The Barking Creek Barrier, a tidal flood barrier, was constructed in the 1980s as part of the Thames flood defence system, opening in 1983...

Barrier Gardens Pier is a pier on the River Thames near the Thames Barrier. It is owned and managed by the Port of London Authority (PLA) which took over...

marine physics professor who has based his career on believing that the Thames barrier was built in the wrong place, disproves Hopkins' theory with his independent...

the country. The need for a long-term replacement for the existing Thames Barrier which provides flood protection for London London's over-congested radial...

north bank of the River Thames. It is built on the former site of Minoco Wharf and is near the Thames Barrier, west of Thames Barrier Park, and close to both...

the 1980s. Located about 2 miles (3 km) east of central London, the Thames Barrier was completed in the 1980s to protect London against tidal surges from...

maintenance services for other users of the Thames. The PLA owns Barrier Gardens Pier and Unity House, near the Thames Barrier, providing a convenient base for its...

The table below lists many of the tunnels under the River Thames in and near London, which, thanks largely to its underlying bed of clay, is one of the...

a particularly high tide, although the Thames Barrier protects London from catastrophic flooding. The Thames Path uses the river towpath between Inglesham...

The River Thames is the second-longest river in the United Kingdom, passes through the capital city, and has many crossings. Counting every channel – such...

transition from freshwater to estuarine occurs around Battersea; east of the Thames Barrier the water is of notable brackishness where fish, particularly in dry...

surge. It is the second largest flood barrier in the United Kingdom after the Thames Barrier in London. The barrier was opened in 1980, and since then,...

Building (second location))) on the Victoria Embankment, overlooking the River Thames, south of what is now the Ministry of Defence's headquarters. In 1888, during...

inaccessibility and propensity to flood; however the building of the Thames Barrier and the artificial raising of the more vulnerable riverside land, means...

seawalls, dykes and levees and other sea defences. For instance, the Thames Barrier is designed to protect London from a storm surge, while the failure...

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Sign telling mariners to contact the Port of London vessel traffic service as they enter the Thames Barrier control zone...

an extensive system of dams and storm surge barriers. The UK constructed storm surge barriers on the Thames Estuary and on the Hull where it meets the...

his role in a number of major post-war projects in London from the Thames Barrier to the redevelopment of Covent Garden. He also worked on a number of...

failure of the Thames Barrier. The plot is similar to his 1976 novel Deluge, updated to include the construction of the Thames Flood Barrier. The book was...