Explain how an ingrown meander is formed

Explain how an ingrown meander is formed

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-An already meandering river is rejuvenated
-The river flow on resistant rocks
-A gradual uplift of land along which the river flow occurs.
-The river erodes and deepens its valley through vertical erosion
-It widens the valley through lateral erosion
-More erosion occurs along the outer bank of the meander producing a steep cliff
-There is less erosion on the inner bank of the meander producing gentle slip off.
-With time a meander with a steep cliff and a gentle slip off slope is incised into the rock of the river bed forming an ingrown meander.

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Formed by lateral and vertical erosion causing one valley side to be steeper than the other and hence asymmetrical in cross section.

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Githiari answered the question on November 2, 2017 at 14:22

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