Describe how a meander forms (6)

Meanders are bends in the river caused by its thalweg. They begin to form when the line of fasted
flow, the thalweg, curves to flow over deep pools and around shallow riffles. The river changes
shape due to this movement. A meander starts to form when the bank where the flow is fastest
begins to erode, an effect of hydraulic action and abrasion. On the other side of the bank where the
flow is slower, deposition occurs creating a slip off slope. The meander becomes more sinuous as the
hydraulic action and abrasion increases. On the inside bends slip off slopes develop and river cliffs
develop on the outsides. As these cliffs collapse and the neck of land between meanders gets
narrower eventually meeting.