Meanders and Oxbow Lakes

As the river makes its way to the ____________________, it gains more water and therefore more energy.

• Upper course

• Middle course

• High course

• Lighter course

When erosion happens in a sideways direction

• Vertical

• Lateral

• Abrasion

• Solution

As a river goes around a bend, most of the water is pushed towards the ___________.

• Inside

• Outside

• Bottom

• Top

The lateral erosion on the outside bend causes undercutting of the bank to form a __________.

• River Cliff

• River Slope

• River Bank

• River Erosion

Water on the inner bend is __________.

• Faster

• Wetter

• Dryer

• Slower

Water on the inner bend is slower, causing the water to slow down and ________________ material

• Erode

• Deposit

• make

• destroy

Gently sloping build up of material found on the inside bend of a river.

• Slip off slope

• River cliff

• Drainage basin

• Flood Plain

Erosion _____________ the neck of the land within the meander and as the process continues, the meanders move closer together.

• Narrows

• Widens

• Grows

• Builds up

Often during a _________ the river will cut through the neck.

• Tide

• Flood

• Storm

• A period of low velocity

New deposition seals off the ends and the cut-off becomes an ________________ that will eventually dry up.

• Oxbow Lake

• Kidney scar

• Flood Plain

• Meander