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The image below shows a point bar and a cutbank of a meander. What happens to sediments at these locations?
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Sediments are deposited on a point bar and on a cutbank.
Sediments are eroded from a point bar and from a cutbank.
Sediments are eroded from a point bar and deposited on a cutbank.
Sediments are eroded from a cutbank and deposited on a point bar.
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Sediments are eroded from a cutbank (outside of the bend) and deposited on a point bar (inside of the bend).
Higher velocity on the outside causes erosion; lower velocity on the inside causes deposition.
Higher velocity on the outside causes erosion; lower velocity on the inside causes deposition.
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