# Meanders and Oxbow lakes

Source: https://projectgcse.co.uk/geography/water/meanders_oxbow_lakes

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- Meanders may seem very simple but it is important you can label them and get all the facts in for maximum marks in the final GCSE Geography exam.
- If something is in the way of a stream or river it has to go round it for example a tree or a rock.
- After this first bend, the river hits the outside of the bend with more and more force to erode the river bank and enlarge the meander.
- The eroded material is deposited on the inside of the bend >>> label this as the river beach.
- This process continues >> The meander gets bigger and bigger until finally the river cuts through and meets at the other side.
- This is an oxbow lake.