Overbank
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Overbank is an adjective meaning (geology) Describing sediments deposited on a floodplain from suspensions in floodwaters.
Meaning
(geology) Describing sediments deposited on a floodplain from suspensions in floodwaters.
More Meanings
- (of an aircraft) To bank excessively
Word Forms
- overbanks
- overbanking
- overbanked
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include alluvium, bankful, bankfull, inundatory, overbanked, overthrust.
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