The term Baer's law is also applied to the unconfirmed proposition that in the Northern Hemisphere, erosion occurs mostly on the right banks of rivers, and in the Southern Hemisphere on the left banks.
O termo lei de Baer tamén se aplica á proposición non confirmada de que no hemisferio norte, a erosión ocorre principalmente na marxe dereita dos ríos, e no Hemisferio Sur, á ribeira esquerda.