point bar

American  

[point bahr] / ˈpɔɪnt ˌbɑr /

noun

1. Geology. a low ridge of sand and gravel formed along the inner bank of a bend in a river or stream, where the flow slows enough for sediment to gradually accumulate.

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point bar Scientific  

1. A low, curved ridge of sand and gravel along the inner bank of a meandering stream. Point bars form through the slow accumulation of sediment deposited by the stream when its velocity drops along the inner bank.

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Example Sentences

It was done at that point, bar the occasional outbreak of narkiness from both camps.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2023

Opposite the cut bank on the inside bend of the channel is the lowest stream velocity and therefore becomes an area of deposition call a point bar.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

The sand and gravel point bar must have formed when the creek was higher and the flow faster than it was when the photo was taken.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

It opened with an opening dive � its first dip below the 7,000 point bar in more than a decade.

From Time Magazine Archive

When throughput drops between point foo and point bar, it will tell you something about the physical world between foo and bar.”

From Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Doctorow, Cory