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meandering stream [mē′an·də·riŋ ′strēm] (hydrology) A stream having a pattern of successive meanders. Also known as snaking stream. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Also, meandering streams can form in the absence of vegetation. Sherman's untitled verse is a cornucopia of local history, social commentary, and personal reminiscence formulated through a lyrical language that holds as its common anchor a meandering stream near Sutton, Ontario named 'The Black River' by the original settlers of the area. The basal horizon consists of iron stained, poorly sorted chert gravel with small rounded pebbles of quartzite and fine- to coarse-grained quartz sands that grade upward into quartz sand that, in turn, grades upward into yellowish-orange, sandy silts and clays, a typical meandering stream deposit. |
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