This article is about river islands as geomorphic formations. For the UK retailer, see River Island.
"Towheads" redirects here. For the 2013 film, see Towheads (film).
For islands located completely within a river, see Ait.
A small, inceptive, river island at Sihoť, Bratislava, SlovakiaSatellite picture of Csepel Island in Hungary which is south of Budapest city centre
A river island is any exposed landmass surrounded by river water. Properly defined, it excludes shoals between seasonally varying flows and may exclude semi-coastal islands in river deltas such as Marajó.
These islands result from changes in the course of a river. Such changes may be caused by interactions with a tributary, or by the opposing fluvial actions of deposition and/or erosion that form a natural cut and meander. Nascent vegetation-free shoals and mudflats may dissipate and shift or build up into such islands through deposition; the process may be assisted through artificial reinforcement or natural factors, such as reeds, palms, evergreen trees or willows, that act as obstacles or erosion barriers, so that water flows around them. Islands may be small or large, covering many square kilometers, examples of which are given below.
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