Definition 10.8Primary & Middle School Earth and Space Sciences · 第 10 章 — Water Shapes the Land
A meander is a loop of a river that winds across a flat valley floor.
A meander seen from above, and cut across along the dashed line A–B. The water wears away the outer bank of each bend and drops sand on the inner bank: the loop slowly moves.
The Mamoré River, in the lowlands of Bolivia in South America, seen from the International Space Station. The brown river winds in meanders through the forest. Photograph: NASA (public domain).