bank

bank
1) an area where the depth of water is relatively shallow, but normally sufficient for safe surface navigation, and often excellent for fishing, e.g. the Grand Banks off Newfoundland. Can be 20-200 m in oceanic waters but as shallow as 0-5 m in nearshore or fresh waters
2) the side of a river, the right bank being on the right when facing downstream
3) the side of a lake or other water body other than a river
4) a deepwater area extending offshore from the seaward edge of the fore reef to the beginning of the escarpment where the insular shelf drops off to the deep, oceanic water. In the absence of a reef crest, this form of bank is the flattened platform between the fore reef and the deep ocean waters
5) an elevation of sand or mud in a river bed

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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