Gabion box can be used for slope support, foundation pit support, rock surface hanging net shotcreting gabion box, slope planting (greening), isolation and protection of railway and expressway. It can also be made into cage and gabion mat, which can be used for anti scouring protection of rivers, dams and seawalls, and net box for reservoir and river closure.

The river gabion box is mainly used to guide the river water. The river generally flows along the inherent channel. The river may have a naturally formed curved channel. If there is a flood, the water volume is huge and the flow is turbulent, the flow will tend to flow in a straight direction under the inertia, and it will violently impact the original channel and dam, which may cause the river diversion, which will cause great disaster. In order to reduce the rapid flow of water scouring the embankment, the gabion box or gabion mat is laid on the inner side of the embankment or the edge of the channel.

The turbulent River directly impacts the gabion net box or gabion net mat to protect the embankment or channel.
River water in the bend of the river, due to the encounter of gabion cage or gabion mat, the river will turn and flow along the inherent river. In this way, the river will be guided to a safe level. River gabion net is also applied to flood discharge dam and diversion dam to guide or restrict flood.