bankfull en · ADJ
Etymology
From bank + full.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, of a river, qualifier:etc) Risen 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: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: