ClipArt ETC

The Meanders ClipArt gallery includes 5 examples of rivers that assume an extremely curvy path due to erosion of outer their outer banks and the depositing of sediment on the inner banks.

"Meandering course of a brook," (a, b, and c are loops) -Geikie, 1893

Brook

"Meandering course of a brook," (a, b, and c are loops) -Geikie, 1893

Diagram showing the stronger meandering of the current as compared with the river as a whole.

Current

Diagram showing the stronger meandering of the current as compared with the river as a whole.

A meander river with oxbow lakes. An oxbow lake is a U-shaped lake formed when a wide meander of a river is cut off.

River Meander

A meander river with oxbow lakes. An oxbow lake is a U-shaped lake formed when a wide meander of a river…

Diagram illustrating the development of meanders in a river.

Meanders of River

Diagram illustrating the development of meanders in a river.

Intrenched meanders of the Seine in the old peneplane cut upon the strata of the Paris Basin; near Rouen.

Meanders of the Seine

Intrenched meanders of the Seine in the old peneplane cut upon the strata of the Paris Basin; near Rouen.