Slip-off slope

A slip-off slope is a depositional landform that occurs on the inside convex bank of a meandering river.

[2] This phenomenon causes increased water velocity in the outside bend of the meander, driving lateral bank erosion.

The deposition of material at the toe of a slip-off slope often results in the formation of a point bar.

[4] Because they are low-lying, slip-off slopes are easily inundated during high water events, contributing to floodplain evolution in the middle and lower courses of a river.

This type of slip-off slope is formed by the contemporaneous migration of a meander as a river cuts downward into bedrock.

Slip-off slope (right) and cut bank .
The depositional slip-off slope is on the left and a small river cliff on the right. River Ashes Hollow , UK.
Schematic cross section of a meandering river channel showing slip-off slope formation
Aerial photograph of a meander on the Economy River, Nova Scotia. The gravel area on the inside of the meander near the centre-right of the image is a slip-off slope.