(1) Trench's solution to the now-threatening nature of the Thames was to embank the river, allowing the water to cover the mudbanks and to scour away the semi-liquid u2018sluggish Filthu2019 from the sewers.(2) the government planned to dredge and embank stretches of the delta's main river(3) With some of the trees drooping over the stone embanked , tiny rivulet - they cast kaleidoscopic reflections in its waters.(4) The Maigue is tidal as far as Adare, and is embanked along most of its distance.(5) This is another small river, embanked for all of its length, with a depth of up to 5 feet.(6) The river is straight and embanked , and most areas are shallow enough for Little Egrets to forage.(7) Beyond these stones was an embanked avenue leading across the landscape to the northeast.