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Rock or concrete protective armour
Look up riprap in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Riprap (in North American English), also known as rip rap, rip-rap, shot rock, rock armour (in British
Riprap
Ridge or wall to hold back water
engineering Honeycomb sea wall Hudson's equation KOLOS Mole Pier Revetment Riprap Seawall Tetrapod Training wall Van der Meer formula Wave-dissipating concrete
Levee
Natural phenomenon
weakening the overall riprap, the side slope of the bank being too steep for the riprap to resist the displacing forces, or gradation of riprap being too uniform
River_bank_failure
Nuclear reactor that killed 3 in 1961
SL-1 burial site in 2003, capped with riprap
SL-1
Defunct cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
tombstones. Many of the remaining headstones, and the monument, were used as riprap during the construction of the Betsy Ross Bridge and can be seen on the
Monument_Cemetery
Erosion of sediment near bridge foundations by water
while riprap, gabions, articulated concrete blocks and grout-filled mattresses can mechanically stabilize the pier and abutment slopes. Riprap remains
Bridge_scour
Cultural theme park in Baguio, Philippines
traditions and folklore. The park gained attention for its distinctive riprap-style stone walling and for representing elements of Igorot culture. It
Igorot_Stone_Kingdom
Practice of preventing soil erosion in agriculture and land development
land that is being used by people. One way that this is done is by placing riprap or gabions along the bank. Examples of erosion control methods include the
Erosion_control
Structures designed to absorb energy
to prevent damage during periods of floods or heavy seasonal rains (see riprap). Many materials may be used: wooden piles, loose-piled boulders or concrete
Revetment
1987 bridge collapse in Montgomery County, New York
footing was not filled with riprap stone, but instead was back-filled with erodible soil and topped off with dry riprap. Riprap protection, inspection, and
Schoharie Creek Bridge collapse
Schoharie_Creek_Bridge_collapse
Species of mammal
Pyrenees National Park examined changes in desman populations before and after riprap reinforcement of the banks of the Gave d'Aspe in the Aspe Valley. The works
Pyrenean_desman
Sub-discipline of civil engineering
Riprap lining a lake shore
Hydraulic_engineering
Anti-flooding structure
Coastal bulkheads are most often referred to as seawalls, bulkheading, or riprap revetments. These manmade structures are constructed along shorelines with
Bulkhead_(barrier)
Harbor in San Mateo County, California
Pillar Point Harbor is a boat harbor created by a riprap breakwater in San Mateo County, California, immediately north of Half Moon Bay. It is used by
Pillar_Point_Harbor
2002 murder in Modesto, California, US
Bay in Richmond. The following day, a jogger spotted a human torso in the riprap along the shoreline of Point Isabel Regional Park, approximately one mile
Murder_of_Laci_Peterson
Type of artificial dam
include concrete overtopping protection systems, timber cribs, sheet-piles, riprap and gabions, Reinforced Earth, minimum energy loss weirs, embankment overflow
Embankment_dam
Suspension bridge in Kobe, Japan
a thickness of 2 m in a range of 10 m around the caisson, covered with riprap of 8 m thick. The bridge has three spans. The central span is 1,991 m (6
Akashi_Kaikyo_Bridge
Equation in coastal engineering
an equation used by coastal engineers to calculate the minimum size of riprap (armourstone) required to provide satisfactory stability characteristics
Hudson's_equation
Tributary of the Los Angeles River
under West Greenleaf Boulevard, it changes to an earth-bottom section with riprap banks. Joined near its end by East Compton Creek, the creek ultimately empties
Compton_Creek
River in north western Iran
above Maku, forming the Maku-Barun reservoir. The dam is rammed earth and riprap with a clay lining 78 metres (256 ft) high, impounding some 135,000,000
Zangmar_River
Concrete breakwater element
wind on open waterPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Riprap – Rock or concrete protective armour Seawall – Form of coastal defence Shoal –
Tetrapod_(structure)
the shoreline, the Chicago Department of Transportation announced that riprap would replace the beach to stabilize the shoreline. Howard Beach lies in
List_of_beaches_in_Chicago
United States historic place
Hurricane Katrina destroyed the marina in 2005. The fort is now protected by riprap. It needs structural stabilization to reverse the previous damage. In February
Fort_Macomb
Major river in central United States
The Missouri River near New Haven, Missouri, looking upstream – note the riprap wing dam protruding into the river from the left to direct its flow into
Missouri_River
Changes to a shoreline by accretion and erosion
with cemented walkway, mud revetment stabilized with grass, and gravel riprap armament at the base. Groynes are the walls perpendicular to the coastline
Beach_evolution
Reservoir in Pennsylvania, United States
weir that discharges into a concrete lined stilling basin and then into a riprap lined earth channel. The lake was drained in March 2013 after deficiencies
Meadow_Grounds_Lake
Shoreline management based on sustainability principles
Vegetated riprap is a soft shoreline engineering technique that is an alternative to conventional riprap for erosion protection. Conventional riprap is a form
Soft_engineering
Suspension bridge in New York City
towers were to fail. According to MTA officials, piles of rocks (known as riprap) around the towers' bases would ground a stray ship before it could hit
Verrazzano–Narrows_Bridge
Lighthouse in Connecticut, U.S. (1902)
of rocks from the excavation of Radio City Music Hall were added to the riprap foundation. The light was added to the National Register of Historic Places
Greens_Ledge_Light
Underground warehouse in Kansas, U.S.
2 km) south of downtown Atchison, Kansas. Initially, the company produced riprap for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, one of several railroads
Atchison_Storage_Facility
Interface between land and a river or stream
Outwelling Riparian forest Riparian water rights Riparian-zone restoration Riprap Várzea forest Vernal pool Vulnerable waters Water-meadow Wetland Dickard
Riparian_zone
American poet (born 1930)
Han Shan; this work appeared in chapbook form in 1959, under the title Riprap & Cold Mountain Poems. Snyder met Allen Ginsberg when the latter sought
Gary_Snyder
Form of coastal defence
them to become undermined. Mound Mound type seawalls, using revetments or riprap, are used in less demanding settings where lower energy erosional processes
Seawall
Concrete breakwater element
playing at with the dolos?). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dolosse. Riprap Humboldt Bay – Bay on the North Coast of California – jetties were reinforced
Dolos
Park in Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada
back into the park as the shoreline fell into the inlet. Proper use of riprap may be a solution to this problem. The park hosts the Golden Spike Days
Rocky_Point_Park
Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2005
storm surge along the dam, which caused $20 million worth of damage to the riprap, or support structure. Operators released water levels by 4 ft (1.2 m) to
Hurricane_Rita
United States historic place
in three stepped sections. Below the bridge in the river is visible some riprap, stone remnants of the old bridge's abutments and central pier. The bridge
Morey_Memorial_Bridge
Lake in Macoupin County, Illinois
stronger than 115 horsepower. The lake is troubled by sedimentation, with riprap applied to many patches of shoreline to reduce (but not eliminate) erosion
Otter_Lake_(Illinois)
United States historic place
to direct runoff water from an intermittent stream through a gap in the riprap area and into the main ditch. The U-shaped structure consists of a 22-foot-long
Stone Spillway, National Defense Stockpile Center
Stone_Spillway,_National_Defense_Stockpile_Center
Association of surface rocks with stream beds or beaches
hydrological armor occurs naturally; however, a man-made form is usually called riprap, when shorelines or stream banks are fortified for erosion protection with
Armor_(hydrology)
Coastal town in Suffolk, England
includes beach nourishment, new groynes on the south side of the pier and riprap to the north. It is overlooked by brightly painted beach huts. The fictional
Southwold
1930-35 industrial disaster in West Virginia, U.S.
Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson. First edition. Random House, 2025. "RIPRAP: A screening and conversation with David Kelley". UCI Claire Trevor School
Hawks_Nest_Tunnel_disaster
Moving mudpot near Niland, California
to be sunk to a depth of 400 feet (120 m) to hit gas. They also dumped riprap into the western edge, pumped surface water away at a rate of 40,000 gallons
Niland_Geyser
Former amusement park in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
general public, having been deemed hazardous due to underwater drop offs and riprap which pose dangers for swimmers. Water quality had increased dramatically
Pontchartrain_Beach
granite and volcanic rocks have been quarried locally for road base metal, riprap, armour stone and asphalt, although the main purpose now is for concrete
Geography_of_Hong_Kong
Bridge connecting Philadelphia and New Jersey
construction, thousands of headstones from historic Monument Cemetery were used as riprap on the embankments built for the bridge, some of which can be seen along
Betsy_Ross_Bridge
Promenade in the historic district of San Juan, Puerto Rico
Paseo del Morro (English: Morro Promenade), is a waterside, riprap-lined, and breakwater-protected pedestrian promenade about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in length
Paseo_del_Morro
Cobble-based coastal protection
having sorted itself into a protective gravel and cobble beach, backed in riprap-like fashion by a line of armor-sized boulders. In 2017 DynaRev, a research
Dynamic_revetment
Island in British Columbia, Canada
pool area to facilitate tidal flushing; and upgrading 250 metres of rock riprap along the foreshore to protect against erosion due to waves caused by Fraser
Kirkland_Island
Lighthouse in Maryland, United States
in 1884 and 1894, leading to the piling of 790 cubic yards (600 m3) of riprap around the piles. The light was automated in 1949, and fell into disrepair
Seven_Foot_Knoll_Light
Building in San Francisco, California, United States
dislike the building because it was irregularly shaped. A smaller, cheaper riprap was completed by the end of 1935. A guard tower and a catwalk from Hill
Model_Industries_Building
Region of British Columbia, Canada
Mainland. The infrastructure consists of dikes, pump stations, floodboxes, riprap, and relief wells. While earthquakes are common in British Columbia and
Lower_Mainland
Polish/Dutch Hydraulic Engineer
tidal basins and on the static and dynamic stability of armourstone and riprap used in coastal and river engineering applications. He has acted as an advisor
Krystian_Pilarczyk
Beach in the U.S. state of Massachusetts
County survey of 1880. Portions of the shore have been stabilized with riprap to deter further erosion. Most of this work was done immediately after Hurricane
Popponesset_Spit
Headland on the east coast of England
erosion and methods to protect the coast. Protection includes a sea wall, a riprap, groynes and a permeable groyne as well as drainage. The cliff at the Naze
The_Naze
island in river sometimes connected to west bank by mud flat accreted by riprap. Arkansas Louisiana Texas 33°1′9″N 94°2′35″W / 33.01917°N 94.04306°W
List of tripoints of U.S. states
List_of_tripoints_of_U.S._states
Area-denial weapon
blocks shaped like caltrops, which interlock when piled up. They are used as riprap in the construction of breakwaters and other sea defences, as they have
Caltrop
Lake in the state of Minnesota, United States
the lake shore. In the 1920s, 50 percent of the shoreline was lined with riprap. Beginning in 1906 with a herd of sheep, the lawn space next to the lake
Lake_Phalen
Broken stone (very course aggregate) used in hydraulic engineering
Lagasse, P. F.; Clopper, P. E.; Zevenbergen, L. W.; Ruff, J. F. (2006). Riprap design criteria, recommended specifications, and quality control. NCHRP
Armourstone
British wave-dissipating concrete armour unit for breakwaters
concrete needed than Tetrapods". Accropode Dolos Tetrapod (structure) Xbloc Riprap K. Y. Singh's 1968 paper credits "Mr. Ridehalgh, a partner in his firm and
Stabit
Pacific typhoon in 2026
irrigation canal in Vintar overtopped its banks, causing street flooding. A riprap collapsed in Laoag, obstructing a roadway. A motorist also veered off a
Typhoon_Noul_(2026)
Bridge in Solana, Cagayan
painting of the landmark structure and the construction of the grouted riprap and the road approaches. First Lady Imelda Marcos opened the bridge to vehicular
Buntun_Bridge
Suspended passenger train operated by Via Rail between Montreal and Gaspé, Quebec
2024), and Port-Daniel-Gascons to Gaspé (which will begin in 2023 with riprap work along the line).[needs update] The tracks this train operated on have
Montreal–Gaspé_train
Cemetery in Rockledge, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
new grave sites. The majority of the remaining headstones were used as riprap during the construction of the Betsy Ross Bridge and can be seen on the
Lawnview_Memorial_Park
Coastal town in Essex, England
erosion and ways to protect the coast. Protection includes a sea wall, a riprap, groynes and a permeable groyne as well as drainage. Millions of tons of
Walton-on-the-Naze
United States historic place
(about 1,000 feet (300 m)) consisting of earthen embankments lined with riprap and puddle clay. Near its center is a spillway area consisting of a series
Mystic_Dam
Reservoir on Corsica, France
operated by the Office d’Equipement Hydraulique de Corse (OEHC). It is a riprap structure 35 metres (115 ft) high and 145 metres (476 ft) long with a crest
Figari_Reservoir
City in New York, United States
able to secure grants from the state's Environmental Protection fund for riprap to stabilize the shoreline. In the early 1960s, city manager Joseph McDowell
Newburgh,_New_York
Mixed-use development in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
engineering of polders, Quarry Park was built with an insulated, reinforced riprap berm designed to withstand a one-in-100 year flood event. Other precautions
Quarry_Park
Shoreline defense
wind on open waterPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Riprap – Rock or concrete protective armour Seawall – Form of coastal defence Spătaru
Wave-dissipating concrete block
Wave-dissipating_concrete_block
Dark-colored, fine-grained, non-granitic igneous rock
used as ballast for railroad track bed and hydraulic engineering rock (riprap) in coast and bank protection for paving embankments. It is also used for
Trap_rock
Mathematical expression for the stability of rocks in water currents
November 2023 – via TU Delft Repository. Verhagen, H.J.; Mertens, M. (2010), "Riprap stability for deep water, shallow water and steep foreshores", Coasts, marine
Izbash_formula
Subfamily of snakes
forests, whereas Plagiopholis are apparently found in grasses, bushes, and riprap. Pseudoxenodon eat frogs and lizards and Plagiopholis eat earthworms. Plagiopholis
Pseudoxenodontinae
River in the U.S. state of New York
creek was realigned and reshaped for approximately 1,056 feet (322 m) and riprap was added where needed. The existing channel of the creek was slightly reshaped
Mohawk_River
Lighthouse in Virginia, United States
led to further efforts being made to protect screwpile lighthouses with riprap. History of the light Robert de Gast. Lighthouses of the Chesapeake. Baltimore;
Pungoteague_Creek_Light
Textile material used in ground stabilization and construction
seawalls, under precast concrete erosion control blocks, beneath large stone riprap, and in other erosion control situations. He used different styles of woven
Geotextile
Nyren and crew build a farmer's wall across the old driveway opening and a riprap retaining wall at the bank cut for the new drive, and landscaper Roger Cook
List of This Old House episodes (seasons 11–20)
List_of_This_Old_House_episodes_(seasons_11–20)
Reservoir in Kansas, United States
elevation. Cedar Bluff Dam is a rolled earth-fill embankment dam with rock riprap on its upstream face. It has a structural height of 202 feet (62 m) and
Cedar_Bluff_Reservoir
Pit to allow surface waste water to drain
zone such as sand. Simple dry wells consist of a pit filled with gravel, riprap, rubble, or other debris. Such pits resist collapse but do not have much
Dry_well
Reservoir in Quebec, Canada
825 ft) in Petit lac Manicouagan and the Hart Jaune river to rehabilitate the riprap protection of part of the upstream facing of the retaining structures for
Petit_lac_Manicouagan
Structure that lowers elevation of water in a controlled fashion
30 m) to 10 feet (3.0 m). These structures are built by creating a slope of riprap, which consists of large boulders or less commonly, blocks of concrete.
Drop_structure
Species of fish
They usually occur around aquatic vegetation, submerged logs, and rock or riprap walls in small to large flowing streams, rivers, and reservoirs. Spotted
Spotted_bass
American actor (1938–2002)
recordings of Greer's comedy routines were released: Tallulah in Heaven (1972, RipRap Records), an LP featuring his Tallulah Bankhead impersonation, and Don't
Michael_Greer
Building in Manhattan, New York
began on June 20, 1923. Because the site was mostly artificial fill with riprap buttressing, water from the Hudson River sometimes leaked through to the
Barclay–Vesey_Building
American composer
f(x) = xsin2x+x (2010) Circadian Rhythm (2011) Tidalwave Kitchen (2012) Riprap (2013) for marimba and string orchestra Tumblebird Contrails (2014) Rust
Gabriella_Smith
Reservoir in Timiș, Romania
built of ripraps with a concrete mask. The ripraps and the several thousand cubic meters of concrete support 417 m3 of water/m3 of ripraps. The dam has
Lake_Surduc
Roman Catholic church in Cebu, Philippines
ruin, has a circular plan, and was built using river stones and utilizing riprap construction. The plaza is bound by a short coral stone wall, where processions
Argao_Church
Canal in Washington, D.C., and Maryland
gully without a culvert, a sudden lowering of the towpath, or the signs of riprap on the towpath or the gully itself. Many of these (e.g. the one at Pennyfield
Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Canal
River in the United States of America
watershed's surficial geology include gravelly till and outwash sediment. Riprap instability and streambank instability occur in the lower and middle reaches
Miller_Run
materials but also for decorative purposes. Today, it is mainly used to make riprap, such as blocks for the dikes of the ports of Saint-Raphaël and Fréjus,
Esterellite
Lighthouse
remained until the breaking up of the ice in the spring." Construction of the riprap foundation began in April 1871. In all, 10,000 tons of granite were used
Race_Rock_Light
Dam in North Dakota, United States
upper portion of the upstream slope of the dam was covered with a layer of riprap, and the lower section was protected by a layer of gravel. By the end of
Jamestown_Dam
Island in New York City
the 100-year flood plain, and replacing the old sea wall with a layer of riprap to better mitigate wave action. A 2023 study found that Governors Island
Governors_Island
Public university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
a monument to George Washington and Marquis de Lafayette, were used as riprap for the Betsy Ross Bridge. This land is now an athletic field, student recreation
Temple_University
United States historic place
site is not known. It is known that additional panels may be protected by riprap laid along the river bank; these panels are also sometimes protected from
Bellows_Falls_Petroglyph_Site
Lighthouse
which is mounted on a circular iron structure set in concrete surrounded by riprap. The structure is octagonal in shape, with an open balcony and railing around
Southwest_Ledge_Light
Dam in Quebec, Canada
825 ft) in Petit lac Manicouagan and the Hart Jaune river to rehabilitate the riprap protection of part of the upstream facing of the retaining structures for
Hart-Jaune_Dam
Natural gas pipeline in Canada
itself, construction activities near and around waterways like blasting and riprap armouring could harm the fish population. According to the Canadian Broadcasting
Coastal_GasLink_pipeline
Philippine military base in Quezon City
the banks of the Marikina River. Despite that the camp was bordered by riprap stone against the river, it wasn't able to spare itself the brunt of mother
Camp_Atienza
Neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
the project would be carried out by the company Geomecânica. Synthetic riprap (bags filled with concrete) would be placed in front of and behind the promenade
Recreio_dos_Bandeirantes
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