4.2 River Forms Meandering rivers
Forms of river channels
Meandering rivers
Meandering rivers: helical flow
Point bars on the inside bends of a meandering river
Meandering rivers: oxbow lake development
Ox-bow lakes formed by cut-off of a meander loop
Meandering rivers: oxbow lake development
Meandering rivers: avulsion of channel
Meandering rivers: lateral migration
Point bars on the inside bends of a meandering river
Meandering rivers: point bar deposition
Point bar deposits of a meandering river laterally migrating left to right: mud forms the final channel fill
Meandering rivers: point bar chute channel
Meandering rivers: point bar deposition