Answer
What is a retaining wall for?
It holds back ground where levels change; a structural job needing footings and drainage.
In short
A retaining wall holds back ground where the level changes, turning a slope into usable terraces or stopping soil slipping. It is doing a real structural job, so it needs proper foundations and drainage behind it, which is what separates one that lasts from one that leans.
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