简介:Innormalfluvialprocessestheriverchannelisdeterminedbyriverflowswhilethemovementofriverflowsiscontainedbyriverchannels.Therelationshipbetweentherivermorphologyanditsbendcurvatureshowsthatriverswithlargebendcurvaturesalwayshavenarrowanddeepchannelsandthosewithshallowandwidechannelsarealwaysstraight.Theplanformofariverreachesisdeterminedbythecross-sectionalmorphology.Ameanderingriverreachmaybedevelopedundervariouswater-sedimentconditionsaslongasthenarrowanddeepchannelsareformed.