Bankfull
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Bankfull is an adjective meaning (of a river, etc) Risen to a height just sufficient to spill over its banks into the floodplain.
Meaning
(of a river, etc) Risen to a height just sufficient to spill over its banks into the floodplain.
Example Sentences
The increased volume of runoff results in an increase in the frequency of bankfull or near-bankfull flow conditions in stream channels.
Because these bars are typically much longer than their migrating counterparts (up to 20 times bankfull width), morphodynamic influence can affect bank erosion and planform evolution at relatively great distances from the disturbance location […]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bankful, overbank, floodful, flooded, turgid, brimming.
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