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Anderson
Anderson river, c.465 mi (750 km) long, rising in several lakes in N central Northwest Territories, Canada. It meanders north and west before receiving the Carnwath River and flowing north to Liverpool Bay, an arm of the Arctic Ocean. The village of Staton is at its mouth. ... Read more
Atchafalaya
Atchafalaya , navigable river, c.170 mi (270 km) long, S central La. The Atchafalaya meanders south, in a former channel of the Mississippi, to the Gulf of Mexico. A distributary of the Red and Mississippi rivers, the Atchafalaya flows to the Gulf through an extensive system of guide levees and floo... Read more
bayou
bayou [Louisiana Fr.; from Choctaw bayuk =small stream], term used mainly in U.S. Gulf states, especially Louisiana and Mississippi, to describe a stationary or sluggishly moving body of water that was once part of a lake, river, or gulf and is swampy or marshy in nature. Bayou is sometimes used... Read more
Capability Brown
Capability Brown (Lancelot Brown), 1715-83, English landscape gardener, b. Kirkharle, Northumberland. The leading landscape gardener of his time, he is known for designing gardens that broke with the French formal tradition. He favored a distinctively English style of grandly picturesque, natural-a... Read more
Seine
Seine , Lat. Sequana, river, c.480 mi (770 km) long, rising in the Langres Plateau and flowing generally NW through N France. It passes Troyes, Melun, and Paris, whence it meanders in large loops through Normandy, past Rouen, and empties into the English Channel in an estuary between Le Havre and ... Read more
Spree
Spree , river, c.250 mi (400 km) long, rising in the Lausitz Mts., E Central Germany, near the Czech Republic border. It flows N past Cottbus, then NW through the Spree Forest, and from there it meanders east, north, and west before passing through Berlin to join the Havel River at Spandau. Navigabl... Read more
Sutlej
Sutlej , longest of the five rivers of the Punjab , c.900 mi (1,450 km) long, rising in the Kailas Range, SW Tibet region of China, and flowing generally west, meandering through the Himalayas in India, then onto the Punjab plain where it receives the Beas River and forms part of the India-Pakistan... Read more
Luxembourg
Luxembourg or Luxemburg, city (1991 pop. 75,377), capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, S Luxembourg, at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers. It is a commercial, banking, industrial, administrative, and cultural center as well as a rail junction. First established by th... Read more
Forth
Forth river, c.60 mi (100 km) long, formed by streams that join near Aberfoyle in Stirling, S central Scotland. It meanders generally eastward past the town of Stirling to the Firth of Forth at Alloa. Its chief tributaries are the Teith and Allan rivers. The Firth of Forth extends c.55 mi (90 km)... Read more
Jordan
Jordan river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, formed in the Hula basin, N Israel, by the confluence of three headwater streams and meandering S through the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea ; the region of Palestine's longest and most important river and the world's lowest river below sea level. It flows t... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "meander"

meander
Book article from: World Encyclopedia meander Naturally occurring looplike bend of a river or stream channel. Meanders form on a flood plain where there is little resistance...
Floodplain
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features ...winding course. As a stream begins to meander, erosion will take place on the outer...and-forth movement. Eventually, a meander forms a tighter and tighter curve until...Sediment is deposited, isolating the meander from the stream. Still filled with water...
meanders and meandering rivers
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...sectional and longitudinal form through a meander: there is usually a shallowing (riffle...bend in the apex. The plan form of a meander is frequently characterized as a smooth...The size of meanders, measured by the meander wavelength, is closely related to the...
Stream and River
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features ...bare slope formed on the outside of a meander. Delta: A body of sediment deposited...floodwater slows down on leaving the channel. Meander: A bend or loop in a stream's course...deposit of sediment on the inside of a meander. Rapids: The section of a stream where...
Valley
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features ...movement of material down a slope in response to gravity. Meander: A bend or loop in a stream's course. Rift valley: The...pronounced me-AN-ders). Over time, as the stream continues to meander, it erodes away material on the valley floor, ever widening...
river management
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...involves straightening a meandering channel and thus eliminating meander migration and cutoffs (see river channelization ), and rip...in an attempt to reduce bank erosion along the outside of a meander bend. The majority of river management projects, particularly...
alluvial fans and alluvial plains
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...plains with deltas where they reach the sea. The channels can meander across the whole flood plain or be confined for considerable...evaporites. Abandonment of a former course through avulsion and meander-loop cut-off produces many lakes. Some alluvial plains...
Maeander
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Menderes River, c.250 mi (400 km) long, W Turkey. It rises in three branches W of Afyonkarahisar and flows generally W into the Aegean Sea. Its valley is extremely fertile. Its winding and wandering course gave rise to the word meander.
Nepal
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography ...Nepal. 7 RIVERS AND WATERFALLS Numerous streams and rivers flow generally southward out of Nepal's northern mountains, then meander across the Tarai Plain and finally join the Ganges in northern India. Three separate river systems, each having its headwaters...
Bison
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...an unfamiliar animal crossing their path, or a dried-up water hole. The only set pattern to their migration is that they meander north to find a good place to raise their young in the summer, and then south to ride out the winter. The herd follows experienced...

Dictionary entries related to "meander"

meander
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology meander The sinuous trace of a stream channel whose...properties vary little with size: e.g. meander wavelength (the straight-line distance...channel width, irrespective of size. Meander origin is uncertain, but the sinuous curve...
meander core
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology meander core See meander .
meander belt
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences meander belt See MEANDER .
meander migration
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology meander migration See meander .
meander neck
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology meander neck See meander .
meander wavelength
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology meander wavelength See meander .
meander scroll
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology meander scroll See meander .
entrenched meander
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology entrenched meander See meander .
incised meander
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology incised meander See meander .
ingrown meander
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology ingrown meander See meander .

Thesaurus entries related to "meander"

meander
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English meander • verb   1. meander about in the sunshine synonyms : wander, roam, ramble, rove, stroll, amble, drift; inf. mosey.   2. rivers meandering through the country synonyms : wind, zigzag, snake, curve, turn, bend.
wander
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...xA0; 1. wander over the hills synonyms : ramble, roam, meander, rove, range, prowl, saunter, stroll, amble, peregrinate...traipse.   2. rivers wandering along synonyms : wind, meander, curve, zigzag.   3. wander from the path/point...
drift
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...raft drifted down the river synonyms : be carried, be borne; float, bob, waft, meander.   2. the guests drifted away synonyms : wander, meander, stray, putter, dawdle.   3. don't allow your attention to drift synonyms...
curve
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...curl, twist, hook; arc, arch, bow, undulation, curvature, meander. • verb  the road curved back on itself synonyms : bend, turn, loop, wind, meander, undulate, snake, spiral, twist, coil, curl; arc, arch.
twine
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...coil, twist, wind, weave, wrap.   2. twine a garland synonyms : weave, plait, braid, twist.   3. the path twines up the mountain synonyms : twist, twist and turn, wind, curve, zigzag, meander, snake, worm.
range
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...classify, class, categorize, bracket, group, grade, catalog, file, pigeonhole.   4. sheep ranging over the hills synonyms : roam, rove, ramble, traverse, travel over, wander, meander, amble, stroll, stray, drift.
labyrinth
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...of passages synonyms : maze, warren, network, circuitous course, winding, coil, convolution, twisting and turning, meander, meandering, entanglement.   2. the plot of the book was a labyrinth synonyms : entanglement, tangle, jungle...
winding
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...winding • noun  the windings of the stream synonyms : twist, turn, turning, bend, loop, curve, zigzag, meander. • adjective  the winding country roads synonyms : twisting and turning, meandering, windy, twisty...
toddle
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus toddle • verb   1. the child toddled toward him synonyms : totter, teeter, wobble, falter, waddle, stumble.   2. informal I toddled down to the quay synonyms : amble, wander, meander, stroll, saunter; informal mosey, toodle, tootle, putter.
saunter
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus saunter • verb  they sauntered back to the car synonyms : stroll, amble, wander, meander, drift, walk; stretch one's legs, take the air; informal mosey, tootle; formal promenade.

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Map overlay tool: Meander 1.2.(mapping software)(Product/service evaluation)
Magazine article from: Macworld; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...easier to follow. Making these custom maps just got easier, thanks to Acutus Trading's Meander 1.2 (GOOD 1/2; $20; meander.macpaq.com). Meander provides you with a resizable, translucent window that you place over any map; you can...
Take time to Meander through the Upper Minnesota River Valley this weekend.
News Wire article from: West Central Tribune (Willmar, MN); 10/2/2008; 700+ words ; ...2--Organizers promoted the first Meander, Upper Minnesota River Art Crawl in 2004...and so too have the crowds. "The Meander has proven that we can attract visitors...news release announcing the fifth annual Meander. The fifth annual, self-guided tour...
Blocking of the Kuroshio Large Meander by Baroclinic Interaction with the Izu Ridge
Magazine article from: Journal of Physical Oceanography; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Izu Ridge in blocking the Kuroshio large meander from propagating eastward across the ridge...is important for blocking of the large meander. It produces a cyclonic torque over the western slope of the ridge when the large meander impinges upon it. That is, the cyclonic...
Accurate and efficient modeling of meander-line polarizers.
Magazine article from: Microwave Journal; 11/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; Meander-line polarizers are used in practice...an octave bandwidth when many layers of meander lines are used. These layers are typically...placement, will not degrade the antenna SWR. Meander-line polarizers have been used with a...
Commentary: Meaning of the word meander
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 4/9/2001; ; 659 words ; ...0000 Commentary: Meaning of the word meander Host: BOB EDWARDS Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon BOB EDWARDS, host: Meander: verb, a circuitous journey or excursion...and idly without fixed direction. Meander: an alternative definition. Something...
New Hampshire Inventor Develops Cavity Embedded Meander Line Antenna
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/20/2008; 518 words ; ...Merrimack, N.H., has developed a meander line loaded antenna. According to the...amp; Trademark Office: "A wideband meander line loaded antenna is configured to be...serving as a ground plane by embedding the meander line components within a conductive cavity...
New Hampshire Inventors Develop Meander Line Antenna Coupler
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/14/2007; 491 words ; ...McKivergan of Londonderry, N.H., have developed a meander line antenna coupler and a shielded meander line. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switched meander line structure is substituted for a lumped element antenna...
Gulf Stream Meander Propagation Past Cape Hatteras
Magazine article from: Journal of Physical Oceanography; 9/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...and Cape Hatteras (at about 35.5N), meander amplitudes first experience dramatic growth...been implicated in the rapid growth in meander amplitudes immediately downstream (north...Gulf Stream are associated with seaward meander displacements (troughs). The effect...
Meander considers lobbyist.
News Wire article from: Australasian Business Intelligence; 2/11/2003; 364 words ; ...The Mercury - ABIX via COMTEX) The Meander Valley Council is to vote on sending a...Canberra to lobby in favour of the $A30m Meander dam proposal. The Tasmanian council will...A10,000 towards dam approval costs. Meander Valley Mayor, Mark Shelton, said the...
New Hampshire Inventors Develop Shielded Slow Wave Meander Line
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/21/2007; 648 words ; ...Londonderry, N.H., have developed meander line structures. According to the U...Trademark Office: "A standard slow wave meander line having sections of alternating impedance...Patent Office, said: "The shielded meander line may be utilized as a coupling device...