 Meander!
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it is a bend in a river also known as an oxbow loop. a stream or river flowing through a wide valley or flat plain will tend to form a meanding stream course as it alternatively erodes & deposits sediments along its course . the result is snaking pattern as the stream meander bock & forth across its flood plain . meander is linked to the existance of pool-riffle sequence where meander form hard rock, when the meander meets the hardrock it then bends into another area. on the inside of menader, most of meander occur in the lower course of river . on the inside meander, willows are often far from the bank, whilst on the outside of the bend, the roots of the willows are often exposed & undercut, eventually leading the trees to fall in the river. the term derives from the river known to the ancient greeks Maiandros meander is located in present-day Turkey near the ancient greek town of miletus. Meander is calculated as the length of the stream divided by the length of the valley.
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