Point bar

As a point bar is called inside of the bend the river bank, where due to the lower flow material is deposited here. The outer curve is referred to as bank cut bank. The increased flow here ablates material. The terms are used in connection with the meandering of a river. Erosion processes the loops of a river over time shift. Where a migratory undercut slope at the back on a different undercut slope, creating a Mäanderdurchbruch.

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