Key Terms - Entrenchment Ratio
This image shows key features of a river cross-section.
- Entrenchment Ratio (ER)
- Entrenchment is the vertical containment of a river
- The channel width at two times the Bankfull Depth divided by the channel width at Bankfull
- Width of Floodprone Area / Width Bankfull (Wfpa/Wbkf)
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