Two forces, called bar push and bank pull, act on a river bend. Bar push is caused when deposition on the inside of a bend forms a sandbar, which pushes the curve outward. At the same time ...

The force of the water erodes and undercuts the river bank on the outside of the bend where water flow has ... of land that is formed by erosion and deposition. Firstly, erosion at the outer ...

Large wood (LW) in the river corridor (channel/s and surrounding floodplain) influences hydraulics, sediment deposition and erosion pattern, provides habitat and nutrients for biota, and influences ...