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overbank deposit
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overbank deposit [¦ō·vər¦baŋk di‚päz·ət]
(geology)
Fine-grained sediment (silt and clay) deposited from suspension on a floodplain by floodwaters from a stream channel.
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24' would have resulted in significant overbank flooding.
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