Meander

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/meander

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the associated features?Formation of cut banks, point bars, and, through cutoff events, oxbow lakes
2. What is a river meander?A river meander is a curved path that a river makes. It forms when the river erodes the outside of a bend and deposits sediment on the inside.
3. Why does a river erode the outside of a bend?The water moves faster on the outside of a bend. This speed pushes the water outward, increasing the force on the bank and causing erosion.

Fluvial Systems: Rivers and streams and the landscapes they shape through erosion and deposition.
Lateral Migration: The sideways movement of a river channel across its floodplain over time.
Oxbow Lake: A crescent-shaped lake formed when a meander loop is cut off from the main river channel.