Why do rivers have bends?

Success criteria:

• To apply my understanding of processes to real life scenarios.
• To label diagrams to describe processes.
• To be able to illustrate the processes which lead to meanders and ox-bow lakes.

Nod y wers: To describe how meanders and ox-bow lakes form through labelled diagrams.

1. What 3 questions can you ask about the picture?
2. Definition
3. Drawing out a diagram of a meander, using colours and a key to show where river processes are.
4. Drawing a cross-section of the meander.
5. The BIG Question: How is a meander formed?
6. Ox-bow lakes - animated image to highlight how an Ox-bow lake forms to show how their shape changes over time.