creek banks
Waterway's earthen sides
Creek banks are the sloping sides of a creek—the land that rises from the water's edge and contains the stream within its channel.
The term often appears in descriptions of natural settings: We sat on the creek bank and watched the water go by.
Willows lined the creek banks.
- reedsHollow-stemmed marsh plants
- cattailsTall wetland reed
- frog eggsAmphibian reproductive cells
- mossSpore-bearing ground cover
- crawdadsSmall freshwater lobster relatives
minnow trap · fishing hole · gravel · erosion · sediment · riparian · willows · tree roots · meander · undercut · slope · high water mark · floodplain · runoff · kingfisher · deposition · grassy · tributary
waterway components
creek banksstreambed
River's carved floor
creek bed · creek bottom · riverbed · watercourse · midstream