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The 5 pages that link to Point bar, each with the reason it gives.

• MeanderBroader topic: Slower inner-bank flow builds the deposit opposite the eroding cut bank.

• Fluvial processesBroader topic: Slower flow on the inside of a bend deposits transported sediment.

• Oxbow lakeRelated: Deposition narrows the bend’s neck as the channel migrates.

• Alluvial riverBroader topic: Point bars record deposition on the inner sides of migrating meanders.

• River morphologyBroader topic: Point bars build one side of meanders as flow carries sediment around bends.