bankfull stage

[¦baŋk ¦fu̇l ‚stāj]

(hydrology)

The flow stage of a river in which the stream completely fills its channel and the elevation of the water surface coincides with the bank margins.

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Butzer and Freeman write that under normal conditions the Nile inundation reaches bankfull stage in the southern Nile by mid-August and in the northern Nile (where the Israelites lived) 4-6 weeks later, which puts its highest level around the beginning of October.

THE EXODUS SYNDEMIC: THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF THE TENTH PLAGUE

When the water level is even with the banks, the river is at bankfull stage.

Climate change: A deeper perspective

where, A is cross-sectional area at bankfull stage, R is hydraulic radius, which is a ratio of A to sum of width and twice the bankfull depth, S is an average channel slope and n is Manning's roughness coefficient.

Morfometria y dinamica de los sedimentos en el area Del Rio Churiya, Serrania De Siwalik en Nepal

023) at bankfull stage was consistent with a roughness value derived from measured flow velocities at bankfull stage (n = 0.

Geometry of inset channels and the sediment composition of fluvial benches in agricultural drainage systems in Ohio

Bankfull stage corresponds to the discharge at which overbank flow is incipient.

Chapter 10 Channel stabilization and restoration

Participants will learn about stream processes related to channel formation, field assessment, techniques to identify bankfull stage, the Rosgen classification system for natural streams, channel evolution, and restoration options for impaired streams.