A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in a stream's channel, produced as the watercourse erodes sediment from an outer, concave bank while depositing sediment on an inner, convex bank that typically forms a point bar. This coupled erosion and deposition produces a sinuous course as the channel migrates back and forth across the floodplain.
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In Discipline: Geomorphology, Lead paragraph
A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a stream
Caused By: Erosion, Lead section (caused-by Erosion)
It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank (cut bank or river cliff) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex bank which is typically a point bar.
Caused By: Sedimentation, Lead section (caused-by Sedimentation)
It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank (cut bank or river cliff) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex bank which is typically a point bar.
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