noun
definition
A sloped side of a river acting as a barrier between the water and level ground to either side.
Examples of riverbanks in a Sentence
We follow the Fortaleza valley, its cultivated riverbanks contrasting dramatically with the barren mountainsides.
After breakfast, there's time to explore the riverbanks on foot, then take the motorized canoe back downstream to the lodge.
They are planted next to sources of water and have been used to stabilize riverbanks and protect irrigation channels.
After breakfast, there 's time to explore the riverbanks on foot, then take the motorized canoe back downstream to the lodge.
Riverbanks lined in protest Elsewhere in the country, thousands gathered along river banks in protest.
Grassy riverbanks along the Annan still support Water Voles, a species which has undergone a major decline in Britain.
It flourishes in moist areas, such as riverbanks.
In Britain, water voles occasionally undermine riverbanks, but otherwise they are harmless and cause no damage.
Take a scenic trip on the Looe Valley line along wooded riverbanks.
Cast caution aside with the fisher king of San Diego For most people, fly fishing conjures images of tranquil riverbanks and tweeds.
Pupils are not required to walk on steep sloping riverbanks.
The smoke of the guns mingled with this mist, and over the whole expanse and through that mist the rays of the morning sun were reflected, flashing back like lightning from the water, from the dew, and from the bayonets of the troops crowded together by the riverbanks and in Borodino.