David Tipling / 2020VISION / Machine creating earth embankment for lagoon at Rutland Water. Summer 2010.

Adrian Davies / Danish scurvy grass (Cochlearia danica) growing on the embankment of a road. Scurvy grass is normally limited to coastal habitats and has extended its range recently, Surrey, England, UK, April.

Duncan Mcewan / Cowslips on railway embankment {Primula veris} England, UK.

Staffan Widstrand / Aerial view of Amazon river with boat and settlements on embankment, Brazil, Amazonas

David Woodfall / Naturalised Barley (Hordeum vulgare) growing on embankment of Severn Estuary, Chepstow, Wales, UK April 2010