Mouth bar

Garachico

A mouth bar is an element of a deltaic system, which refers to the typically mid-channel deposition of the sediment transported by the river channel at the river mouth.[1]

  1. ^ Edmonds, D. A.; Slingerland, R. L. (2007). "Mechanics of river mouth bar formation: Implications for the morphodynamics of delta distributary networks". Journal of Geophysical Research. 112 (F2): F02034. Bibcode:2007JGRF..112.2034E. doi:10.1029/2006JF000574.