Comments on: Friday Field Foto #72: Meandering river in Patagonia

By: Aerial Photograph of River Transition | Today In Geology

Aerial Photograph of River Transition | Today In Geology — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:55:28 +0000

[...] posted was a photograph from the ground of the meandering [...]

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:37:49 +0000

Very cool photo. It’d make a great illustration in an introductory geology text — much better than the cartoons often dredged up to display this sort of thing.

By: Silver Fox

Silver Fox — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:04:40 +0000

Great photo. Very neat river meanders.

By: BrianR

BrianR — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:12:39 +0000

Jeremy … the river is flowing from right to left in this photo, eventually drains into a big lake to the left of and out of this photo.

By: Steve Gough

Steve Gough — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:14:29 +0000

Stunning river photo, thanks. Usually these “tortuous” meanders are seen when rivers are near their base level, i.e. controlled by a downstream river confluence or lake/ocean. Even though they’re struggling to move water and sediment downstream and near-zero valley slope, parts of the meanders flow up-valley. Go figure that one out.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:32:52 +0000

Nice oxbow lakes in the picture as well to the upper left of the people, or are those just relic sand bar bodies? Does the river drain the lake in the far background of the picture?