An earth retaining structure can be considered to have the following types:
Gravity Walls
- Reinforced Gravity Walls
- Concrete Cantilever retaining wall
- Counter-fort / Buttressed retaining wall
- Precast concrete Ret wall
- Pre-stressed retaining wall
Brick
- Brick Masonry retaining wall
Stone
Reinforced Soil Walls
- Reinforced Soil
- Soil Nailing
Hybrid System
- Anchored Earth ret wall
- Tailed Gabion
- Tailed Concrete Block
- Miscellaneous