Meanders

Question 1

What is a meander

Answer 1

A meander is when a river develops an increasingly long bend.

Question 2

Step 1 of forming a meander

Answer 2

In the river, water on the outside of the curve moves faster than water on the inside of a curve.

Question 3

Step 2 of forming a meander

Answer 3

The fast flowing current erodes the outside bank, making the curve bigger.

Question 4

Step 3 of forming a meander

Answer 4

On the inside bank a sediment is deposited.

Question 5

Step 4 of forming a meander

Answer 5

This creates a sharper meander with a sharper curve, due to sediments building upon the inside bend and water continuing to erode away the outside