Baer-Babinet law

== English == === Etymology === The concept was introduced by Jacques Babinet in 1859, and further explained in 1860 by Karl Ernst von Baer. === Proper noun === the Baer-Babinet law (geography) A law describing how the river formation is influenced by the Earth's rotation: erosion occurs mostly on the right banks of rivers in the Northern Hemisphere and the left banks of rivers in the Southern Hemisphere. Synonym: Baer's law