In this episode, we look at meanders and oxbow lakes.

Meanders, bends in rivers, form due to erosion on the outer bend where the current is strongest, creating river cliffs.

Conversely, deposition occurs on the inner bend in shallower water with weaker currents, resulting in slip-off slopes.

Over time, these meanders can become more pronounced, eventually forming a narrow neck of land.

During floods, the river may cut across this neck, straightening its course and leaving behind a crescent-shaped ox-bow lake as the former meander becomes isolated by sediment deposits.

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