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bankfull

adj

Etymology

From bank + full.

  1. derived from fullō — “a fuller”
  2. derived from fullo
  3. derived from foler
  4. derived from foller
  5. derived from fuller
  6. inherited from fullen — “to full”
  7. compounded as bankfull — “bank + full”

Definitions

  1. 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA