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How do meanders form?

 

Meanders

As the river reaches it lower stages and the valley begins to widen out, vertical erosion is less important and the river starts to erode the sides of its channel, especially on the outside of bends. The force of the water undercuts the bank on the outside of a bend to form a steep bank to the channel, called a river cliff.


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