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Looking at a topographic map of an area with a river, I was able to identify the meanders of the channel. Meanders are large bends or curves in a river's course.
I measured the width of the river and then measured a distance along the channel that included several bends. Counting the number of right-hand bends in the measured portion and dividing that number into the distance gave me the meander wavelength, which was roughly 10 to 15 times the river width, in line with the typical characteristics of meandering rivers.
Repeating these measurements on other maps showed consistent results, indicating the regular occurrence of meanders in natural river courses.
