It's not uncommon for crescent-shaped swaths of sand to dot the shorelines of meandering rivers. These swaths usually appear along the inner side of a river bend, where the bank wraps around the sandy ...

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According to new research counter-point bars on the outside of river bends are not the oddities they're often made out to be. In fact, they're a perfectly normal part of the river meandering process.