Which of the following statements regarding river meanders is/are correct? 1. It is a U-shaped bend in a river. 2. An extremely tight meander is called a gooseneck; it is likely to become a cutoff, or oxbow lake, after a flood. 3. Tectonic uplift can caus
Meanders are often characterized by a sinuous pattern (S-shaped), not U-shaped, in rivers. Tectonic activity and flow dynamics can result in features like goosenecks and entrenched meanders.