Meanders and ox-bow lakes in 3D

Change the water flow and speed and press play: watch the bends erode and grow, the load the river can carry, floods building levees, and an ox-bow lake cut off.

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Why is the outside of a meander deeper?

Water flows fastest there, so it erodes the bed and bank more.

How does an ox-bow lake form?

Erosion narrows the neck of a meander until the river cuts through it in a flood; deposition then seals off the old bend.

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