If you just want to go for a swim in a meandering river and want to find a sandy beach, where is the best place to look for your swimming hole?
A) outside bend of the meander loops
B) a point bar on the inside bend of a meander
C) straight stretches between meander loops
D) It isn't easy to predict, you'll just have to look around.

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A point bar on the inside bend of a meander is the best place to look for a sandy beach to swim because the slow-moving water deposits sand and other sediments on the inside bend, forming a gently sloping beach.

If You Just Want to Go for a Swim in a Meandering