meanders

• • Erosion and deposition in parts of rivers that have deep riverbeds and shallow riverbeds create meanders.
• • When a river bends, the current is fastest (carrying the most energy) at the outside of the bend. This high energy water erodes the side of the river, creating a river cliff.
• • The current is weakest where the water is shallowest, opposite the river cliff. More sediment is deposited here because the current has less energy to carry it along the river. This creates slip-off slopes.
• slip off slope


  the current is weakest where the water is shallowest, opposite the river cliff. More sediment is deposited here because the current has less energy to carry it along the river. This creates slip-off slopes