The slope of land adjoining a body of water, especially adjoining a river, lake, or a channel. With respect to flowing waters, banks are either right or left as viewed facing in the direction of the flow. As Banks, a large elevated area of a sea floor.
BANK, AND BANKS
Meaning of BANK, AND BANKS in English
Environmental engineering English vocabulary. Английский словарь экологического инжиниринга. 2012