Meanders. ... As the river erodes laterally, to the right side then the left side, it forms large bends, and then horseshoe-like loops called meanders. The formation of meanders is due to both deposition and erosion and meanders gradually migrate downstream.
A meander is formed when a river is passing through ridges after some while a meander can change to an ox bow lake due to pressure it will place to the ridge and then the ridge will break
