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What (who) is Meander - definition

BEND IN THE FLOW OF A RIVER
Oxbow loop; Meandering river; Mæander; Meanders; Meander (geography); Rincon (meander); Incised meander; Incised meanders; Entrenched meander; Meandering Streams; Meandering Stream; Meander-belt; Meandering streams; Meandering fluvial system; Meandering river system; Meandering rivers; Meandering
  • Straight channel culminating in a single bend
  • [[Glen Canyon]], US
  • San Juan River]], SE [[Utah]]. There is a cut-off meander at right center.
  • Great Ouse Relief Channel]], England.
  • The Rincon on [[Lake Powell]] in southern [[Utah]]. It is an incised cutoff (abandoned) meander.
  • Meander of the River [[Cuckmere]] in [[East Sussex]], Southern England
  • A stream bed following a tilted valley. The maximum gradient is along the down-valley axis represented by a hypothetical straight coast channel. Meanders develop, which lengthen the course of the stream, decreasing the gradient.
  • Life history of a meander
  • [[Uvac]] canyon meander, Serbia
  • Rio Negro]], Argentina. 2010 photo from [[ISS]].
  • Meanders, scroll-bars and [[oxbow lake]]s in the [[Songhua River]]
  • Meanders on the [[River Clyde]], Scotland
  • The [[Jordan River]], near the [[Dead Sea]], 1937

meander         
[m?'and?]
¦ verb
1. (of a river or road) follow a winding course.
2. wander aimlessly.
¦ noun
1. a winding curve or bend of a river or road.
2. a circuitous journey.
3. an ornamental pattern of winding or interlocking lines, e.g. in a mosaic.
Origin
C16: from L. maeander, from Gk Maiandros, Menderes, the name of a river of SW Turkey.
Meander         
·noun A tortuous or intricate movement.
II. Meander ·noun Fretwork. ·see Fret.
III. Meander ·vt To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.
IV. Meander ·vi To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.
V. Meander ·noun A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries.
meander         
I. n.
1.
Labyrinth, maze, winding course, perplexity, intricacy.
2.
Indirect course.
II. v. n.
Wind, be tortuous, run in a serpentine course, turn, flow round.

Wikipedia

Meander

A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank (cut bank or river cliff) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex bank which is typically a point bar. The result of this coupled erosion and sedimentation is the formation of a sinuous course as the channel migrates back and forth across the axis of a floodplain.

The zone within which a meandering stream periodically shifts its channel is known as a meander belt. It typically ranges from 15 to 18 times the width of the channel. Over time, meanders migrate downstream, sometimes in such a short time as to create civil engineering challenges for local municipalities attempting to maintain stable roads and bridges.

The degree of meandering of the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse is measured by its sinuosity. The sinuosity of a watercourse is the ratio of the length of the channel to the straight line down-valley distance. Streams or rivers with a single channel and sinuosities of 1.5 or more are defined as meandering streams or rivers.

Examples of use of Meander
1. On Wednesday they kicked off a tour that will meander through Europe and North America.
2. Shoppers meander through a market piled high with fruit and veg.
3. Dark alligator trails meander through the swamps, which sparkle in the bright sunlight.
4. Meander through its courtyards, some huge, others small and cozy, like secret gardens.
5. Also, not once does the film meander into sub–plots or take you away from the core issue.