Rivers meander. Lakes grow and shrink. Engineers build dams and farmers flood fields. In the 30-year animation* above, Bangladesh's Brahmaputra River sweeps unpredictably across the landscape.

All rivers naturally change their path over time, but this one forms meanders (the technical name for these curves) at an especially fast rate, due to the speed of the water, the amount of ...

If a river has a chance, it will meander, winding over the land in a series of loops. Geologists even call the loops meanders. You can see meanders on a map--along the lower Mississippi ...

What is a river? What are the key parts of a river? What is a meander? How do humans benefit from rivers? What are the potential negative things about living near a river?* After watching this ...

Rivers meander because any small bend in a river tends to grow. Rivers donâ€⃜t like to make sharp turns because sharp turns offer resistance to the flow of the water. A river seeks the path ...