Definition of "overbank" [overbank]

• Describing sediments deposited on a floodplain from suspensions in floodwaters (adjective)

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• ""overbank" by using the rudder attached to the back of the tail fin."
• "The fish fossils arose via overbank flooding, yet without understanding the geomorphology of the region one might be lead to think that the environment was much wetter than it actually was."
• "Soils are mostly gray to black Vertisols, developed from clayey alluvium of overbank or slack-water deposits."