bank
Let an agent explain banks as landforms, relay their formation, erosion and management from geomorphological and river engineering sources, describe uses and access features, and distinguish bank landforms from shoals, levees, embankments and the financial sense.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain banks as landforms, relay their formation, erosion and management from geomorphological and river engineering sources, describe uses and access features, and distinguish bank landforms from shoals, levees, embankments and the financial sense.
The land alongside a river, lake or other body of water, sloping down to the water, including sloped river banks of earth and vegetation, rocky shores and the launches or slipways cut into banks for boats; banks are shaped by erosion and deposition, stabilised by vegetation and engineering, and used for access, moorings, flood defence and recreation, and the word also names raised sea-floor shoals and unrelated financial institutions.
What it is for: Not applicable; a landform.
It can be explain formation; relay erosion and management; describe uses; distinguish other senses.
Distinguishing features
Channel margin
Erosion and deposition
Vegetated or rocky
Access and defence
What it looks like
Sloping ground at the edge of a river or lake.
Physical character
bank erosion rates: centimetres to metres per year range - varies
stabilising vegetation: willows, reeds, grasses list
bankfull stage: flow just filling the channel note
How it is recognised
Land sloping to the water s edge
Sloped river banks, rocky shores, launches
A shoal is an underwater bank; a levee is a raised bank; an embankment is built; a financial bank is an institution
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
is shaped by - and deposition
is contrasted with - a raised bank
In practice
Families and kinds
sloped earth river banks
rocky shores and banks
cut banks and point bars on meanders
lake banks
launches, slipways and landing places cut into banks
engineered banks with revetments and gabions
Standards and regulation
River management and flood defence rules
Riparian rights and access laws
Environmental rules on bank works
Failure modes and hazards
Bank collapse and erosion
Confusing landform and financial senses
Unsafe access at steep or undercut banks
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.bank-act
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a bank is.
Science.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a bank as a landform, and how does it differ from a shoal, levee, embankment and the financial sense? definition
- Is the question about the landform, a shoal or a financial institution? boundary
Kinds
Kinds.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What are sloped river banks, rocky shores, cut banks, point bars and launches? definition
- Which entry fits the specific kind? action
Science Processes.
Science.
Erosion
Erosion and deposition.
Erosion
Erosion.
- How do rivers erode and build banks, especially on meanders? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Ecology
Riparian ecology.
Ecology
Ecology.
- What ecological roles do banks and riparian zones play? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Manage Management.
Practice.
Stabilisation
Stabilisation.
Stabilisation
Stabilisation.
- How are banks stabilised with vegetation, revetments and bioengineering? provenance
- Which entry fits bank stabilization? action
Access
Access and use.
Access
Access.
- How are launches, moorings and paths built on banks, and what rights govern access? provenance
- Which entry fits riparian rights? action
Context Context.
Context.
Language
Language.
Language
Language.
- How did the word bank come to mean both landform and institution? provenance
- Which entry fits etymology of bank? action
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How do riverbanks feature in literature, art and recreation? provenance
- Which entry fits riverside? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should riverbank and cut bank be separate primary entries?
- How should geomorphological sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming a boat access feature; should it be split off?