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Cut bank erosion and point bar deposition as seen on the Powder River in Montana... erosion and point bar deposition as seen on the... speed is slow in the shallows of the point bar they are popular rest stops for boaters and rafters... camping on a point bar can be dangerous as a... A point bar is an area of... course may finally come to rest in the point bar of the first stream bend... and may be deposited on the point bar only a small distance downstream from its original location in the concave bank... The point bar typically has a gently sloping floor with shallow water... The shallows around the point bar can become treacherous when the stream is rising...

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