Etymology: [L. Maeander, orig. A meander, in general, is a bend in a sinuous watercourse or river. A meander is formed when the moving water in a stream erodes the outer banks and widens its valley and the inner part of the river has less energy and deposits what it is carrying. A stream of any volume may assume a meandering course, alternately eroding sediments from the outside of a bend and depositing them on the inside.
The result is a snaking pattern as the stream meanders back and forth across its down-valley axis. When a meander gets cut off from the main stream, an oxbow lake is formed. Over time meanders migrate downstream, sometimes in such a short time as to create civil engineering problems for local municipalities attempting to maintain stable roads and bridges.
There is not yet full consistency or standardization of scientific terminology used to describe watercourses. A variety of symbols and schemes exist. Parameters based on mathematical formulae or numerical data vary as well, depending on the database used by the theorist.
Unless otherwise defined in a specific scheme "meandering" and "sinuosity" here are synonymous and mean any repetitious pattern of bends, or waveforms. In some schemes, "meandering" applies only to rivers with exaggerated circular loops or secondary meanders; that is, meanders on meanders. Maiandros , a winding river in Asia Minor. Curve Stream. Life is like a blanket too short. You pull it up and your toes rebel, you yank it down and shivers meander about your shoulder; but cheerful folks manage to draw their knees up and pass a very comfortable night.
RJ Intindola — Gandolfo :. When one cannot depart from the present or the past, the future shall be beyond their reach; they meander a path inattentive and without destination. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe. If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
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Anagrams for meander » renamed amender. How to pronounce meander? Alex US English. Blayney Colmore, The meander -belt margins are the tangent-lines themselves, the meander -belt width M being the distance between opposite margins.
A collection of cartoons pokes fun at the world of librarianship, from circulation and reference to cataloging and technology. Gary Handman, Also called a harmonic average. American Society of Civil Engineers, Meanders in this river near Houston, Texas, eroded the outsides of bends and migrated until one meander bend spilled over to one farther downstream, leaving an abandoned oxbow lake in the center of the photo.
Prominent point bars Donald Hyndman, David Hyndman, Thoughts Meander Published by Lulu Publishers www. We propose a truncated version of meanders as restricted planar folding configurations of closed polymers.
This restriction allows for an exact calculation of the meander numbers using a Temperley-Lieb algebra representation of the problem.
Naihuan Jing, Kailash C. Misra, This splendid book records the excavation of the 'theatron' area for spectators at the site of Magnesia on the Menderes, in Turkey. Tests show Meander Reservoir is clean for drinking. Deep in the Aegean Sea, shimmering pools of white water meander through the caldera of the Santorini volcano.
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