Fluvial Landforms & Processes
3 Elevation (feet) 0 3,000. Headwaters. ... common in arid environments with a high sediment load and ... Pointbars are concave, depositional landforms that form opposite of the eroding cutbanks, and they develop in concert with the laterally migrating river channel. Pointbars are typically composed of
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