WAEC SSCE - Geography - 1999 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

The feature commonly found along the lower course of a river are

windgaps

rapids

waterfalls

meanders

Answer Details

The features commonly found along the lower course of a river are meanders. Meanders are bends or curves in a river that are caused by the lateral erosion of the riverbanks. They are usually found in the lower course of a river where the gradient is lower, and the river has more energy to erode sideways rather than downwards. Meanders can form oxbow lakes when the river erodes through the narrow neck of a meander and takes a shorter, straighter course.






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