ilds anatural jetty or bar at its mouth, thus graduallyforcing the current of the larger stream againstthe opposite side, creating a bar there. It is148 Rivers and Valleys furthermore to be noted that between the pointswhere the river impinges against the bank thereis a space of dead water or… … Diagram Showing the Wanderings of a Streamin an Alluvial Plain(The arrows on the sides of the stream indicate the direc-tion of its movement; the horseshoe-shaped pool is an ox-bow or moat.) alluvial plains which are extremely devious intheir course. If the alluvial plains be wide, theriver is…
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