Consider the following statements about ‘Meandering’:
1. Meandering is an important feature of upper course of a river that is characterized by intensive erosion and vertical cliffs with a concave slope.
2. The physiographical features associated with meandering process are oxbow lake, levee deposits and backswamp.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
ANSWER: (B)
Meandering is only a type of channel pattern not a landform. Meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse. A meander is produced by a stream or river as it erodes the sediments comprising an outer, concave bank (cut bank) and deposits this and other sediment downstream on an inner, convex bank which is typically a point bar. Meandering is usually seen during middle course of the river.
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