Question

What was the initial belief for the meandering process?

(a) Velocity of the Flow

(b) Excessive Bed Slope

(c) Discharge

(d) Type of Sediment Load Carried

This question was addressed to me by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

My question is based upon Behavior of Rivers topic in portion Rivers Behaviour, Control and Training of Irrigation Engineering

Answer 1

Correct option is (b) Excessive Bed Slope

Easiest explanation: The initial belief was that the meandering process is caused by the presence of excessive bed slope in the river that the excess energy is dissipated by increasing the channel length by meandering. But however, this belief was proved to be wrong.