Lesson: The Shrinking Mississippi River
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River Meanders

The striking geometric regularity of a winding river is no accident. Meanders appear to be the form in which a river does the least work in turning; hence they are the most probable for a river to take.
Is there such a thing as a straight river? Almost anyone can think of a river that is more or less straight for a certain distance, but is [more]




Source: Original Version 1.0 developed at CIESE
Center for Innovation in Engineering & Science Education (2007)
Revised 3.28.20 currently under construction