Abby Mills
How to prevent flooding!
The meander
Erosion in this context means to wear away and remove the material which helps form the meander.
Deposition is the material dropped due to the slowing down of water in the meander.
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Due to erosion on the outside of the bend and deposition on the inside, the shape of the meander will change over a period of time. Erosion narrows the neck of the land within the meander. In time and usually during a flood, the river will the take the new, shorter route across the neck of the ...
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The meander
Erosion in this context means to wear away and remove the material which helps form the meander.
Deposition is the material dropped due to the slowing down of water in the meander.
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Due to erosion on the outside of the bend and deposition on the inside, the shape of the meander will change over a period of time. Erosion narrows the neck of the land within the meander. In time and usually during a flood, the river will the take the new, shorter route across the neck of the meander.
_rThe faster current will now tend to be in the centre of the river and so deposition is likely to occur in gentler water next to the banks. Eventually deposition will block off the meander to leave an ox-bow lake.
