In geography , a bank is the land alongside a body of water . Different structures are referred to as banks in different fields of geography, as follows.
5-879: Roberts Bank is an undersea bank in the Strait of Georgia on the south side of the estuary of the Fraser River approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada. Located between the South Arm of the Fraser River and Tsawwassen , it is significant as both a transport hub because of the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal and port because of the Roberts Bank Superport , and as an area with important wetland habitat . The term properly refers to
10-407: A shallow slope. In freshwater ecology , banks are of interest as the location of riparian habitats . Riparian zones occur along upland and lowland river and stream beds. The ecology around and depending on a marsh , swamp , slough , or estuary , sometimes called a bank, is likewise studied in freshwater ecology. Banks are also of interest in navigation , where the term can refer either to
15-467: The bed of a river , creek, or stream . The bank consists of the sides of the channel , between which the flow is confined. Stream banks are of particular interest in fluvial geography, which studies the processes associated with rivers and streams and the deposits and landforms created by them. Bankfull discharge is a discharge great enough to fill the channel and overtop the banks. The descriptive terms left bank and right bank refer to
20-411: The perspective of an observer looking downstream ; a well-known example of this being the southern left bank and the northern right bank of the river Seine defining parts of Paris . The shoreline of ponds , swamps , estuaries , reservoirs , or lakes are also of interest in limnology and are sometimes referred to as banks. The grade of all these banks or shorelines can vary from vertical to
25-461: The shallows offshore from the Superport and wetland. 49°03′42″N 123°10′39″W / 49.06167°N 123.17750°W / 49.06167; -123.17750 This Metro Vancouver location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bank (geography) In limnology (the study of inland waters), a stream bank or river bank is the terrain alongside
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