bankfull

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adjective

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

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Meanings

adjectivebankfull (not comparable)
  1. not comparableetcRisen to a height just sufficient to spill over its banks into the floodplain.

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

    2012, Thomas H. Cahill, Low Impact Development and Sustainable Stormwater Management, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 106
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    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 […]

    2012, Michael Church, Pascale Biron, Andre Roy, Gravel Bed Rivers: Processes, Tools, Environments, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN

Origin

From bank + full.

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APA

bankfull. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bankfull

MLA

“bankfull.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bankfull. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bankfull,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bankfull.

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