Meandering channels is a vast research field, spanning a broad variety of time and space
scales, environmental domains, and conceptual and methodological approaches. This …

Although the great significance of secondary flows for river processes has long been
recognised, their origin, mechanics, effects, and interrelations with the primary mean flow …

Various phases of progress and differing approaches to research on river meandering are
identified. Since early quantification of equilibrium relations of meander morphology to …

Sinuous channels with movable banks were examined for flow patterns in laboratory
experiments. The velocity, Turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) budget, TKE flux, and bursting …

Flow in meandering bends is characterized by the formation of a large cross‐sectional
central‐region circulation cell. The width‐to‐depth ratio is one of the most important …

The dynamic evolution of the planform of meandering rivers often leads to the development
of compound loops with multiple lobes of maximum curvature. At present, the interaction …

River discharge is an important variable to measure in order to predict droughts and flood
occurrences. Once the cross-sectional geometry of the river is known, discharge can be …

Vegetation can effectively prevent soil loss and play an important role in soil and water
conservation. Accurate estimation of hydraulic parameters is critical for soil erosion models …

While the stabilizing function of large grains in step‐pool streams has long been recognized,
the role they play in gravel‐bed streams is less clear. Most researchers have ignored the …

This paper analyses types and rates of change in river meander morphology and the links
between mechanisms of change and emergent behaviour of planform morphology. It uses …