Comment on Oxbowin'
chauncey@hexbear.net 5 weeks ago
See those “punch points”? The river will eventually form meander cutoffs, and become a sinuous system rather than a meandering river. This will lead to localized increases in channel slope (due to a reduction in channel length), and therefore increased local velocities, shear stress, and sediment transport.
Rivers are always seeking equilibrium, so the channel will actually start to move (bank erosion / lateral shifting) to reduce that localized slope and bring things back in order.
Rivers are so fucking cool.
SpookyGenderCommunist@hexbear.net 5 weeks ago
As someone who doesn’t know river lingo, can you translate this?
SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
River tangled. River no like tangle. River cut off curvy bits. Connects back to make a less curvy path of least resistance.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
curvy bits eventually meet and water go straight, make lakes.
SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Ah few words better