Rivers join downstream, flow downhill, and eventually meet an ocean or terminal lake: These are fundamental rules of how ...

Rivers meander where there is the least resistance. In this diagram, the river is moving around the rocks. Rivers usually begin in upland areas, when rain falls on high ground and begins to flow ...

Rivers meander and run freely across vast terrain. In the late 20th century, Hans Henrik Stolum, a professor of earth science at the University of Cambridge, was researching the ratio between the ...

Meanders appear to be the form in which a river does the least work in turning; hence they are the most probable form a river can take Skip to main content Scientific American ...