![]() ![]() This produces helicoidal flow, in which water moves from the outer to the inner bank along the river bed, then flows back to the outer bank near the surface of the river. Meanders are a result of the interaction of water flowing through a curved channel with the underlying river bed. Governing physics Straight channel culminating in a single bend Its modern Turkish name is the Büyük Menderes River. It flows through series of three graben in the Menderes Massif, but has a flood plain much wider than the meander zone in its lower reach. The Meander River is south of Izmir, east of the ancient Greek town of Miletus, now Milet, Turkey. Strabo said: ‘.its course is so exceedingly winding that everything winding is called meandering.’ As a result, even in Classical Greece (and in later Greek thought) the name of the river had become a common noun meaning anything convoluted and winding, such as decorative patterns or speech and ideas, as well as the geomorphological feature. The term derives from the winding river Menderes located in Asia-Minor and known to the Ancient Greeks as Μαίανδρος Maiandros ( Latin: Maeander), characterised by a very convoluted path along the lower reach. ![]() Streams or rivers with a single channel and sinuosities of 1.5 or more are defined as meandering streams or rivers. The sinuosity of a watercourse is the ratio of the length of the channel to the straight line down-valley distance. The degree of meandering of the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse is measured by its sinuosity. Over time, meanders migrate downstream, sometimes in such a short time as to create civil engineering challenges for local municipalities attempting to maintain stable roads and bridges. It typically ranges from 15 to 18 times the width of the channel. The zone within which a meandering stream periodically shifts its channel is known as a meander belt. The result of this coupled erosion and sedimentation is the formation of a sinuous course as the channel migrates back and forth across the axis of a floodplain. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank ( cut bank or river cliff) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex bank which is typically a point bar. Meanders of the Rio Cauto at Guamo Embarcadero, Cuba The Jordan River, near the Dead Sea, 1937Ī meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. Meanders develop, which lengthen the course of the stream, decreasing the gradient. The maximum gradient is along the down-valley axis represented by a hypothetical straight coast channel. Send us feedback about these examples.For other uses, see Meander (disambiguation). These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'yen.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 1 July 2023 See More ![]() Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 July 2023 View Photos Despite today's stronger yen, the Raider is a good value. Krystal Hur, CNN, 28 July 2023 The new Disney+ and Hulu Japan bundle plan goes live for Japanese consumers Wednesday and is priced at 1,490 yen per month, including tax (about $10.75), which is 25 percent less than subscribing to each service individually. Tori Latham, Robb Report, Last week, that helped lead the US Dollar Index, which tracks the dollar versus the British pound, euro, Swiss franc, Japanese yen, Canadian dollar and Swedish krona, to its lowest level in more than a year. 2023 Guinness World Records has crowned a Japanese ice cream the most expensive on the globe, thanks to its 880,000 yen ($6,380) price tag, CNN reported on Monday. 2023 These products rake in hundreds of millions of dollars in sales a year for the company, which posted a profit of 22.2 billion yen ($156 million) in the last fiscal year. The New Republic, 22 June 2023 Sony raised its full year profit forecast to 860 billion yen ($6 billion) from an earlier projection for an 840 billion yen ($5.8) profit. 2023 Dir: Akira Kurosawa An anonymous caller has mistakenly kidnapped the son of a wealthy executive’s chauffeur and holds him for 30 million yen in ransom. ![]() Noun Borrowing in yen to invest in other high-yielding currencies has been a lucrative trade this year. ![]()
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