river banks
Where rivers end
River banks are the sloping ground on either side of a river, forming the natural boundary between the water and the surrounding land.
They may be muddy, grassy, rocky, or reinforced with concrete in urban areas.
People fish from river banks, and animals come to them to drink.
The phrase sometimes appears as a single word, riverbanks.
We had a picnic on the river bank.
Flooding eroded the river banks downstream.
- accretionGrowth through external addition
- waterClear essential liquid
- fluvialRelating to rivers
- floodplainFlood-prone riverside lowland
- flood zoneArea susceptible to inundation
otters · beaver dam · rivers · levee · riparian · meander · oxbow lakes · winding path · landforms · reeds · cattails · willow trees · grassy · drainage basin · towpath · picnic area · fishing spot · wetland
- freshwaterponds, freshwater lake, creek, brook, pond life
- river adventureswhitewater rafting, rafting, kayak rentals, canoe rentals, canoeing
- Yangtze RiverYangtze, Three Gorges, Three Gorges Dam, gorges, source
- ancient civilizationsAncient Egypt, Sumer, Ancient Greece, Aztecs, Egypt
- hydrologyrivers, streamflow, aquifers, aquifer, lakes
- African WatersLake Victoria, Lake Chad, Nile, Blue Nile, Zambezi
vertical position in waterway
river banksriverbed
Floor beneath flowing water
river bottom · streambed · stream bed · bed · bottom