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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

a banca llena

English translation:

bank-full

Added to glossary by Denise De Peña (X)
May 24, 2010 02:09
14 yrs ago
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Spanish term

a banca llena

Spanish to English Other Geology geomorfología de cuencas
cauce “a banca llena” (los niveles de agua alcanzan las márgenes del cauce)
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 bank-full
4 at top level
4 to the brim
4 At full crest
Change log

May 25, 2010 02:27: Denise De Peña (X) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/42485">Denise De Peña (X)'s</a> old entry - "a banca llena"" to ""bank-full""

Discussion

Bubo Coroman (X) May 24, 2010:
Denise, could you please quote... the paragraph(s) where the term appears because I think you'll need to use a phrase rather than a specific term, and it would be best to adapt the phrase to the text in each case. Water levels in rivers vary with changing meteorological conditions and seasons, and so you'd probably be referring to the state of the river at a specific moment in time.

Examples of possible translations for different contexts:

Ancho a banca llena del cauce - Width of the riverbed when completely full/full up to the top of the banks

Caudal a banca llena - flow when the water is at/up to riverbank level

Proposed translations

+1
7 hrs
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bank-full

This is used in technical/scientific texts. Here are some terms that might help with your document:

Bank-full Stage: The stage, on a fixed river gauge, corresponding to the top of the lowest banks
within the reach for which the gauge is used as an index.

http://des.nh.gov/organization/commissioner/pip/publications...

Bank-full channel – The area of the channel formed by bank-full discharge.
Bank-full cross-sectional area – The area of the bank-full channel measured along a vertical plane
perpendicular to the stream to determine channel form.
Bank-full discharge – The streamflow at which channel maintenance and movement of bedload
sediment are most effective. The bank-full discharge corresponds to bank-full stage.
Bank-full mean depth – The mean depth of the bank-full channel measured perpendicular to the
streamflow.
Bank-full width – The width of the bank-full channel measured along a vertical plane perpendicular to
the stream.

http://www.michigandnr.com/PUBLICATIONS/PDFS/ifr/ifrlibra/te...
Note from asker:
Thanks K, this is the term I needed.
Peer comment(s):
agree Chris Ellison : Absolutely! Palabras Clave: Caudal formador, caudal a banca llena, caudal efectivo. ABSTRACT ... forming, is the bankfull discharge or forming discharge associated to a ...
10 hrs
Thanks!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks for your help!"
4 mins

at top level

Mi sugerencia. For example, the river is at top level.
Note from asker:
Thanks for your input!
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4 mins

to the brim

:)

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At times of high tide the river bed is filled to the brim whereas at low tides a comparatively insignificant stream at the bottom of the groove flows toward ...
adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1951JRASC..45..225D - Similar

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Note added at 7 mins (2010-05-24 02:17:01 GMT)
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Water holes are filled to the brim! Cattle tuck into lush grass ...
www.cmsireland.org/blog/.../they-say-it-never-rains-but-it-... - Cached

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Let the banks of Jordan be filled to the brim, filled till they rush over ...
www.pbministries.org/books/pink/Gleanings.../joshua_06.htm -

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Note added at 10 mins (2010-05-24 02:19:55 GMT)
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Boats that had been moored on dry lake beds now floated on lakes filled to the brim. ...
science.howstuffworks.com › ... › Climate and Weather › Storms - Cached

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or: filled to bursting

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Note added at 12 mins (2010-05-24 02:22:02 GMT)
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a wee bit more dynamic but prefer "to the brim"
Note from asker:
Thanks David!
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8 hrs

At full crest

If referring to a river or similar body of flowing water. Brim OK for standing liquid= cup, well, revervoir perhaps a lake.
Another alternative is at its peak.
Example sentence:

The river had dropped about two inches in Larned after running at full crest for about eight hours, the police said. The front of the crest was approaching...

Reference:

http://www.nationallife.com/public/histarchive/hist_boltondam.asp

Note from asker:
Thank you Richard
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