meandering river

collocation in English

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meandering
adjective
uk
/miˈæn.dər.ɪŋ/us
/miˈæn.dɚ.ɪŋ/
moving slowly in no particular direction or with no ...
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river
noun[C]
uk
/ˈrɪv.ər/us
/ˈrɪv.ɚ/
a natural wide flow of fresh water across the land into the sea, a lake, or ...
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(Definition ofmeanderingandriverfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Ameanderingriverenvironment is suggested for this unit.
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Themeanderingriveris described as a sliding snake.
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All rivers located in the mountains are shallow (<1.5 m) with intensivelymeanderingriver-beds.
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No scientist can predict what will happen when a development intrudes into ameanderingriverand alters it, thus causing siltation in other parts of the river.
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As ameanderingriver, it reworked its ice-age braidplain.
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The nature of clays formed by such a largemeanderingriversystem are distinctive.
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The area is believed to have been the floodplain of ameanderingriversystem.
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The river is an example of ameanderingriver, and contains several oxbow lakes.
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It is ameanderingriverwith a very branched basin and a small quantity of water.
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The village is narrow and long in shape, sandwiched between the highway and ameanderingriver.
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The flood banks on this lower section are up to half a mile wide so that themeanderingriverwill form a large lake.
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It is a typicalmeanderingriverwith a single main channel embanked within a flat, shallow valley.
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A griffin flies over themeanderingriver, a wild cat stalks ducks, and palm trees pervade.
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The alluvial valley is wide and relatively flat with ameanderingriverchannel that changes its course.
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The result is ameanderingriverwith lots of swamps and oxbox lakes.
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Shawnee became a popular summer resort as the slowmeanderingriverwas great for fishing.
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Continuous deposition on the convex bank and erosion of the concave bank of ameanderingrivercause the formation of a very pronounced meander with two concave banks getting closer.
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Deposited in a fluvial environment dominated by high-energy, shallow braided rivers with subordinate lower energymeanderingriversystems and associated flood plains.
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About 150 km from its source it has dropped to an elevation of about 690 m and becomes ameanderingriverwith a flood-plain several kilometres wide.
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Cutoffs are a natural part of the evolution of ameanderingriver, and have also been used to artificially shorten the length of meandering rivers for navigation.
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