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How are levees that were built upstream contribute to increased erosion problems downstream?

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How are levees that were built upstream contribute to increased erosion problems downstream?

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  1. In addition to keeping water within a narrower channel, a river tends to change course. Levees impede this process so the same area is overly-eroded.


  2. They force more water down stream by not allowing it to spread out.
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