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Show the channel as you come 331 down stream , crossing ( the- the tlle ) river in a diagonal direction , and attached to the left bank above the end of the deep portion of the . channel , which maintains in the lower curveNirhich curves to the right . ( ( B R ) . 1221 . ) The main flow of the river in that upper bend curving to the left follows quite close to the right bank , but as soon as it encounters a straight reach of the river it may begin to spill over this bar toward the left bank , and if you have a straight reach of any ( con- con ) siderable length , the bulk of water at the lower end of that reach may be on the ( left-hand lefthand ) side of the river instead of on the right , where it started out . . This bar would ordinarily be built up during any freshet . It will occupy the same general ( position positions ) each year , but its form may be entirely ( different different- different ) from year to year . As the volume of flow crosses from the right ( bank bank- bank ) to the left , if it crosses in a concentrated stream , it will dig out a fairly deep channel , a channel ( com com- com ) ¬ . parable to what you find at other points on the . river . If , on the other hand , it spills over ( gradu gradu- gradu ) ¬ ally , there is no assurance that there will be any water anywhere across such a bar . ( Another Aiiother ) case is when the upstream deep ( chan chall- chall ) ¬ nel cuts off quite shortly . In other words , shortly after leaving the right bank ( -sbortly sbortly ) after ( leav leav- leav ) ing the curve which is curving to the left , the deep ( water 'water water ) may terminate and the river may cut across to the opposite or left bank . ( R . 1222 . ) Still other cases , the channel from the lower bend |