alluvium

pointbar_Lance_Creek_WY

Point bars originate from the deposition of alluvium
on the inside bank of meanders.

Source: USGS DDS21
Used with permission

Alluvium is water deposited sediment. Alluvium is deposited on a floodplain when water rises above flood stage and spills out of the stream channel.

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