What Is Gabion Wall?
A Gabion Wall is a type of retaining wall which is constructed by stacked stone filled with gabions fixed together with wire. Gabion retaining walls are generally battered (angled back towards the slope), or stepped back with the ground the slope, rather than stacked vertically.
The Gabion Word comes from an Old Italian word “Gabion” that word means Big Cage. A gabion wall is a type of gabion structure. Around 7000 years ago, the gabion-style structure was used for protecting the bank of the river Nile.
Then in Middle Ages, gabions structured were used as a military fort and saw earlier history at that time civil engineers have mostly used for stabilization work such as a stabilization of banks, Stabilization of coasts, Stabilization of highway and controlling erosion.