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Where is the flow fastest in a meander?
The water usually flows fastest on the outside of the bend (meander) and flows the slowest on th einside of the bend.
Is there a river which has a famous meander?
A meander is a bend in the coarse of the water flow in a river. There is not a river recorded with the most meanders, although rivers with the most meanders are located in Africa.
What is the term that describes the course a river follows?
the flow of the river.
Which part of a river flows fastest top or bottom?
Usually it is the upper reaches (often termed as mountain streams) that flow the fastest. In the lower, flatter valleys, rivers tend to slow down (except in spate, when the river is in flood)).
4 Why does steam flow faster on the outside of a meander bend than on the inside?
Because it has further to travel
What is the outside of a river bend called?
Because the inside of the meander has deposited rocks and rubble building it up and making the water shallower whereas the outside of ther meander is being eroded by fast moving water.
In what region you can find the meander and the oxbow lake?
A river's flow tends to slow down on reaching a flat valley floor. It is here that the river may meander, creating bends and ox-bow lakes.
Where does the river flow the fastest in the middle or near the river bank?
The river flows the fastest in the middle of the river.
In what region you can find the meander?
A river's flow tends to slow down on reaching a flat valley floor. It is here that the river may meander, creating bends and ox-bow lakes.
Why does the Mississippi River meander?
Meanders are twists and turns in a river flow. The Mississippi River has meanders because of the way the water eroded the edge of the land.
How are oxbow lakes generally formed?
An oxbow lake is formed when a meander erodes. The bend gets a sharper angle, forming a "neck" of land between the two bends of a meander. This will be eroded during flood, as the water is flowing faster over the top of it and into it. After a few floods, the neck will be broken through. The water will now flow through this path. The mouths of the old meander will get blocked up, as the flow at the edge is slower and deposition will occur. When these mouths are blocked up completely, an oxbow lake will have been formed.
A meander is best describe as a?
A meander is described to as a river or stream with eroded banks such that it no longer flows in a relatively straight path, but instead is a winding path.
