bed and banks definition
bed and banks for a watercourse or wetland means land over which the water of the watercourse or wetland normally flows or that is normally covered by the water, whether permanently or intermittently; but does not include land adjoining or adjacent to the bed or banks that is from time to time covered by floodwater.
bed and banks means the physical container of the waters of this state, bounded on freshwater bodies by the ordinary high water line or bankfull stage, and on bays and estuaries by the limits of the highest measured tide (OAR ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇(6)). Note that the bed and banks of a stream determine its channeliv. See Figure 2.
bed and banks. , of a lake, means the land that is normally covered by the water of the lake, whether permanently or intermittently, regardless of frequency, but does not include adjoining land from time to time covered in flood events. "bench" , in a watercourse, means a storage of sediment—