USGS: Science Topics: bends (river)

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Bends (river)

Curves in the course of a stream and (or) the land within the curve; curves in a linear body of water. [USGS GNIS Feature Class Definitions <http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/feature_class.htm>]

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A dryland river transformed--the Little Colorado, 1936-2010 [More info]: We mapped substantial migration of the river channel between the City of Winslow and the Navajo Nation community of Leupp; in a human lifetime the river has moved more than a mile across its valley floor.

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