this is called a meandering stream.
Are you talking about meanders? when overtime laterally erode the banks (undermine) due to the hydrolic fore of the water. Then then turn to ox-bow lakes due to deposition along the curve and erosion coming into the curve. (bypasses the curve; cuts straight through)
Sediment that is carried by a stream along the bottom of its channel.
A main channel is any shallow body of a river or a stream
A stream with a channel that has many curves is sometimes called a meander. This area often offers a large amount of erosion and damage to the surrounding land.
gravel sized particles
stream channel
The path that a stream follows is a channel.
stream channel
Are you talking about meanders? when overtime laterally erode the banks (undermine) due to the hydrolic fore of the water. Then then turn to ox-bow lakes due to deposition along the curve and erosion coming into the curve. (bypasses the curve; cuts straight through)
Gravity pulls the stream channel downward.
Gradient
Channel
The path that a stream follows is a channel.
Gradient
Sediment that is carried by a stream along the bottom of its channel.
A meander is a curve or bend in a stream or river.
The vertical drop of a stream channel over distance is known as the Gradient.