A point bar is a depositional feature made of alluvium that accumulates on the inside bend of streams and rivers below the slip-off slope. Point bars are found in abundance in mature or meandering streams. They are crescent-shaped and located on the inside of a stream bend, being very similar to, though often smaller than, towheads, or river islan...
A low ridge of sediment that forms along the inner bank of a meandering stream.
A crescent -shaped accumulation of sand and gravel deposited on the inside of a meander bend.
Stream bar deposit that is normally located on the inside of a channel bend.
A stream bar deposited on the inside of a curve in the stream, where the water velocity is low.
Accumulations of sand and gravel deposited in slack water on inside of a winding or meandering river.