Why do some rivers or streams travel in a zigzag pattern when the water can just flow straight?
In: Geology
easiest way I can put it.
Water flows through the lowest areas, which are almost never straight.
In the small bends it has it flows a bit slower which causes sedimantation (sand and other small things carried by the water are dropped off)
This changes the flow a bit and causes it to curve a bit more.
Repeat that a few times and you have a meandering river.
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