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This work aims to evaluate the influence of different survey acquisition and processing conditions, including the camera used for image collection, the number of Ground Control Points (GCPs) employed during Bundle Adjustment, GCP coordinate precision and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle flight mode. The investigation was carried out over three fluvial study areas characterized by distinct morphology, performing multiple flights consecutively and assessing possible differences among the resulting 3D models. We evaluated both residuals on check points and discrepancies between dense point clouds. Analyzing these metrics, we noticed high repeatability (Root Mean Square of signed cloud-to-cloud distances less than 2.1 cm) for surveys carried out under the same conditions. By varying the camera used, instead, contrasting results were obtained that appear to depend on the study site characteristics. In particular, lower reproducibility was highlighted for the surveys involving an area characterized by flat topography and homogeneous texturing. 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