GEOLOGY
GEOMORPHOLOGY
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Detailed explanation-1: -Meanders are formed in the middle stage of a river. When the river leaves the mountains, it encounters a sudden break of slope and slows down. The plains are broad and gentle. So the river has more time to amble away down to the sea.
Detailed explanation-2: -Meanders, named from the Menderes (historically known as the Maeander) River in Turkey, are most often formed in alluvial materials (stream-deposited sediments) and thus freely adjust their shapes and shift downstream according to the slope of the alluvial valley.
Detailed explanation-3: -Meanders-These are the sweeping curves a river is most known by, and these are found specifically in the middle course of the river. These lateral bends are formed by deposition and erosion.
Detailed explanation-4: -A meander is a winding curve or bend in a river. They are typical of the middle and lower course of a river. This is because vertical erosion is replaced by a sideways form of erosion called LATERAL erosion, plus deposition within the floodplain.