Meanders and Ox-box Lakes

What is a meander?

• A straight river

• A bend in the river

• The start of a river

• The flow of the river

Which part of a river's course would you find meanders?

• Upper course

• Middle course

• Lower course

The fastest flow of the river is on the....

• Inside

• End

• Outside

• Bottom

Where the river is fastest, the power of the water starts to _________ the river banks

• Erode (break down)

• Deposit (drop pebbles and stones)

• Settle (calm down)

• Build up

Erosion of the river bank creates a

• Slip off slope

• Deposition

• River cliff

• Estuary

Deposition (dropping of sand and pebbles) happens when a river is

• Fastest

• Slowest

• Widest

• Deepest

Deposition on the inside of a river creates a...

• River cliff

• River bed

• Erosion

• Slip-off slope

An Ox-bow lake is a....

• Bend in the river

• Lake left by an old meander

• Slip off slope

• River cliff

When a meander's bends are close together, they may join when ....

• The river dries up

• The river gets slower

• The river floods

• The river changes direction

An ox-bow lake is formed after the river .....

• Stays the same

• Meanders

• Takes the straightest path after flooding

• Dries up