H. Horlock in Nature of November 26, p. 1034, I am writing to urge that the term ‘meander’ should be strictly limited to natural meanders, not to bends due to secondary flows. The term ...

The river water breaks through forming a new channel. The meander gets blocked off with sand and gravel and becomes an oxbow lake. There’s one on the River Earn, which flows into the River Tay.