Overbank definition

Overbank means the relatively flat area adjacent to the banks of a channel that receives overflow.

Examples of Overbank in a sentence

  • Specific Management Activities for the Flow Regulating and Overbank Wetlands‌ The Permittee will regulate water levels in the ▇▇▇▇▇ sections of the FRW and OBW facilities on a seasonal basis and for maintenance activities.

  • Phase I • ▇▇▇▇ and Roughened Channel • Floodplain Approach Channel and Overbank • Sluiceway • Decommissioning and demolition of the existing fish ladder, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Dam, General Intake, and N-C Intake.

  • Overbank flows flood across OAR at floods above approximately a 5-yr recurrence interval.