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Left Below Water Bank Slope (BWL)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: bwl.ttl
- Name
leftBelowWaterBankSlope- Datatype
- RealInterval
- Definition
- The amount of downward inclination between the horizontal surface of the mean water level of a watercourse where it touches the left bank and the first break in underwater slope.
- Description
- The left bank is determined by facing downstream (in the direction of flow). The (percent) slope is determined as the change in depth divided by the horizontal distance over which the change takes place, multiplied by one hundred: ((h2-h1)/d)*100.
- Accepted
- 2013-10-18
- Defined by
- DFDD
- Physical quantity
- pureNumber
- Recommended unit
- Percent (%)
- Used by
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.