bankfull

English

Etymology

bank +‎ full

Adjective

bankfull (not comparable)

1. (of a river, etc) Risen to a height just sufficient to spill over its banks into the floodplain.
   • 2012, Michael Church, Pascale Biron, Andre Roy, Gravel Bed Rivers: Processes, Tools, Environments, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

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

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