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Is the Mississippi River braided or a meandering river?
The Mississippi is a meandering river. Braided rivers are relatively shallow and slow moving except in times of flood. Unlike the Mississippi, they seldom are navigable by large boats.
What is the main erosion at a bend in a river or meandering channel?
at the outside of the bend
What part of a hurricane spins the fastest?
The fastest spinning part of a hurricane is the eye wall.
What is a avulsion in geological terms?
Avulsion occurs when a meandering river breaks through the base of a loop, cutting off the meander, and leaves the curve behind forming an oxbow lake.
What is a meander in a river?
On Earth, meandering streams occur where the floodplain is resistant to erosion. Often this is because the stream banks are held firm by grass and tree roots.
Does most erosion take place on the bottom if the meandering stream?
No: That is where deposition occurs. Erosion is where the river is flowing at its fastest, the mountain torrent stage.
When part of a large meandering river is cut off from the main river channel which feature can form?
an oxbow lake can form
What are causes for river meandering?
Your butt
Is the fastest part of a river is the most narrow?
The fastest part of a river is the narrowest or shallowest. In broad, deep sections the water moves slowly, in narrow or shallow sections the river moves fastest. Of course the fastest flowing water is at a waterfall or rapid.
What is it called when river goes back and forth?
Because the river want to turn 180 degree.
Is the Mississippi River braided or a meandering river?
The Mississippi is a meandering river. Braided rivers are relatively shallow and slow moving except in times of flood. Unlike the Mississippi, they seldom are navigable by large boats.
Was this oxbow lake formed when a curve of meandering river got cut off?
All oxbow lakes are formed when a curve of a meandering river gets cut off. There are oxbow lakes along the Amazon River and also the Mississippi River.
Which part of a river goes fastest?
most narrow part
What is the second fastest part of the river?
the rite side
What does it mean if a river meanders?
a river meandering means that it bends and winds instead of going straight.
What type of stream has wide bends in its channels?
yellowstone river or Cascadia river
Which part of a river flows fastest top or bottom?
Usually it is the upper reaches (often termed as mountain streams) that flow the fastest. In the lower, flatter valleys, rivers tend to slow down (except in spate, when the river is in flood)).
