Gabion walls are fundamentally modular gravity walls. They utilize uniform baskets sizes to construct a system with varying overall depths to develop the mass required to resist the lateral forces applied such as saturated soil or surcharge loadings. Gabion baskets are fully enclosed containers constructed of a wire form and wire mesh facing with varying gauges and securing rings or coils. The baskets are filled with aggregate and enclosed to create one unit. The typical application for gabion baskets is a water application where they are expected to be partially to fully submerged. The rock within the gabion basket creates a free-draining wall face eliminating the effects of a rapid drawdown condition. In addition to the free draining nature of the system, gabion baskets are capable of deforming with the subgrade under extreme settlement without cracking and are constructed of galvanized steel making them ideal for channel applications.