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Meanders and ox-bow lakes

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  • 35 marks
  • about 30 minutes
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Which part of a bend does the fastest water flow along?

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Find out why rivers bend, where the water flows fastest and slowest on a bend, and how a river cliff, a slip-off slope and an ox-bow lake form.

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Lesson outline

  1. Hook
  2. Do Now — Retrieval
  3. Keywords for This Lesson
  4. A meander in plan and cross-section
  5. How an ox-bow lake forms
  6. I Do: How a river cliff forms
  7. Hinge Check
  8. We Do: How a slip-off slope forms
  9. Label a new bend and add a process
  10. Explain how an ox-bow lake forms
  11. Self-check: how an ox-bow lake forms
  12. Homework
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