Bank (geography)

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A man-made lake in Keukenhof, Netherlands with grass banks.
A sloping sandy point bar (close side) and the vegetation-stabilized cut bank (far side) on the Namoi River, New South Wales, Australia. These two constitute the banks of the river.

A bank may be described in three different ways.

  1. A portion of the sea bed raised above its surroundings, but covered with enough water to permit navigation.
  2. A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substances extending across the mouth of a river or harbor which may obstruct navigation also known as a sandbar.
  3. The sloping ground along the edge of a creek, stream, river, or lake.[1]


[edit] References

  1. ^ Dictionary for Geographic Words
  • Luna B. Leopold, M. Gordon Wolman, John P. Miller. (1995). Fluvial processes in geomorphology. New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 9780486685885. 


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