Meaning of bankfull | Babel Free

Definitions

Risen to a height just sufficient to spill over its banks into the floodplain.

not-comparable

Examples

“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 […]”

“The increased volume of runoff results in an increase in the frequency of bankfull or near-bankfull flow conditions in stream channels.”

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