bank of river

bank of river
The water-washed and relatively permanent elevation or acclivity at the outer edge of the river bed which separates the bed from the adjacent upland, and serves to confine the waters within the bed and to preserve the course of the river. 56 Am J1st Wat § 448.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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