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Noun Concept
Categories: Erosion, Fluvial landforms, Rivers, Limnology, Articles with short description
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meander  entrenched meander  incised meander  incised meanders  meandering
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A bend or curve, as in a stream or river WordNet 3.0
English:
geography
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A bend or curve, as in a stream or river WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. Wikipedia
Bend in a river. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Bend in the flow of a river Wikidata
One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse. Wiktionary
IS A
curve
stream
HAS PART
point bar
cut bank
PART OF
stream
HAS KIND
oxbow
oxbow lake
recolón
HAS INSTANCE
Cuningar Loop
Horseshoe Bend
Samara Bend
Danube Bend
Schlögener Schlinge
+32 relations
DERIVATION
weave
NAMED AFTER
Büyük Menderes River
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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meander
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meander
Wikipedia Redirections
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entrenched meander, incised meander, incised meanders, Meander (geography), meandering, Meandering fluvial system, meandering river, Meandering river system, meandering rivers, meandering stream, meandering streams, meanders, Mæander, oxbow loop, Rincon (meander), scroll-bar (river)

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