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Scour pool (sculpted pool)
Scour pool (sculpted pool) Position: In-channel Form Pools may span the channel, hosting tranquil or standing flow at...
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Sculpted run
Sculpted run Position: In-channel Form Stretches of uniform and relatively featureless bed, comprising fine-grained sediment. These smooth flow...
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Sculpted point bar
Sculpted point bar Position: In-channel Form Bank-attached arcuate-shaped bar that resembles a point bar along the convex banks...
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Sculpted lateral bar
Sculpted lateral bar Position: In-channel Form Bank-attached feature that resembles a depositional lateral bar. Forms along the low-sinuosity...
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Forced bank-attached bar
Forced bank-attached bar Position: In-channel Form Any bank-attached bar form that is induced by a flow obstruction (e.g....
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Compound bank-attached bar
Compound bank-attached bar Position: In-channel Form Bank-attached bar that comprises an array of smaller-scale geomorphic units. Generally composed...
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Concave bank bench (convex bar)
Concave bank bench (convex bar) Position: In-channel Form Bank-attached unit, often with a low ridge across the central...
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Boulder berm (boulder bench)
Boulder berm (boulder bench) Position: In-channel Form Elongate, bank-attached stepped feature inset against the bank. Can have a...
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Ledge
Ledge Position: In-channel Form Distinctly stepped, flat-topped, elongate, bank-attached unit. Has a straight to gently curved planform, flanking...
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Bench and point bench (oblique-accretion bench)
Bench and point bench (oblique-accretion bench) Position: In-channel Form Bench A distinctly stepped, elongate, straight to gently curved...
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Ramp (chute channel fill) and point dune
Ramp (chute channel fill) and point dune Position: In-channel Form Ramp Coarse-grained, ramp-like feature that partially infills a...
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Ridge and chute channels (cross-bar channels)
Ridge and chute channels (cross-bar channels) Position: In-channel Form Ridge Linear, elongate deposit formed atop a bar platform...
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Tributary confluence bar (channel junction bar, eddy bar)
Tributary confluence bar (channel junction bar, eddy bar) Position: In-channel Form Formed at, and immediately downstream of, the...
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Point bar
Point bar Position: In-channel Form Bank-attached arcuate-shaped bar developed along the convex banks of meander bends. Bar forms...
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Scroll bar
Scroll bar Position: In-channel Form Elongate ridge form developed along the convex bank of a bend. Commonly develop on...
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Lateral bar (alternate or side bar)
Lateral bar (alternate or side bar) Position: In-channel Form Bank-attached unit bar developed along low-sinuosity reaches of gravel-...
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Forced mid-channel bar (pendant bar, lee bar, wake bar)
Forced mid-channel bar (pendant, lee or wake bar) Position: In-channel Form A mid-channel bar form that is induced by...
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Gravel sheet (basal or gravel lag)
Gravel sheet (basal or gravel lag) Position: In-channel Form Relatively homogenous, thin/tabular bedload sheets that are deposited across...
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Sand sheet
Sand sheet Position: In-channel Form Relatively homogeneous, uniform, tabular sand deposits which cover the entire bed. May consist...
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Bedrock core bar
Bedrock core bar Position: In-channel Form Elongate bedrock ridge over which sediments have been draped and colonised by...
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Boulder mound
Boulder mound Position: In-channel Form Linguoid shaped boulder feature with a convex surface cross-section. Comprise a cluster of...
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Island
Island Position: In-channel Form Vegetated mid-channel bar. Can be emergent at bankfull stage. Generally compound forms, comprising an...
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Expansion bar
Expansion bar Position: In-channel Form Coarse-grained (up to boulder size) mid-channel bar with a fan-shaped planform. Streamlined ridge...
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Diagonal bar (diamond bar)
Diagonal bar (diamond bar) Position: In-channel Form Mid-channel unit bar, oriented diagonally to banks in gravel- and mixed-bed...
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Transverse bar (linguoid bar)
Transverse bar (linguoid bar) Position: In-channel Form Mid-channel unit bar, oriented perpendicular to flow, generally found at points...
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Longitudinal bar (median bar)
Longitudinal bar (median bar) Position: In-channel Form Mid-channel, elongate, teardrop-shaped unit bar, formed in flow direction in gravel-...
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Riffle and pool
Riffle and pool Position: In-channel Form Riffle Topographic highs along an undulating reach-scale longitudinal profile. They occur at...
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Pot hole
Pot hole Position: In-channel Form Deep, circular scour features occur in bedrock. Process description Pot holes are sculpted...
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Plunge pool
Plunge pool Position: In-channel Form Deep, circular, scour feature formed at the base of a bedrock step. ...
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Forced pool
Forced pool Position: In-channel Form These deeper areas along longitudinal profiles are scour features associated with irregularly spaced...
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Forced riffle
Forced riffle Position: In-channel Form Longitudinally undulating gravel or boulder accumulations that act as local steps. Irregular spacing...
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Run (glide, plane-bed)
Run (glide, plane-bed) Position: In-channel Form Stretches of uniform and relatively featureless bed, comprising bedrock or coarse clasts...
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Rapid
Rapid Position: In-channel Form Very stable, steep, ridge-like sequences formed by arrangements of boulders in irregular transverse ribs...
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Cascade
Cascade Position: In-channel Form Very stable, coarse-grained or bedrock features observed in steep, bedrock-confined settings. Comprise longitudinally and...
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Step pool
Step pool Position: In-channel Form Formed on steep slopes (0.03-0.10 m m-1) channel-spanning stair-like features comprise bedrock, or boulder...
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Bedrock step (waterfall)
Bedrock step (waterfall) Position: In-channel Form Locally resistant bedrock that forms channel-wide drops. Transverse waterfalls >1 m high separate...