if anyone is wondering, they give because: Higher speed at outside corner of bend, causing erosion Slower at inside bend, making deposition It is deposited and eroded to a side, which makes it curve
It's this and the ground is made of different "hardness" of soil/rock. Essentially the water finds the path of least resistance through softer rock and soil which forms the bends in the first place. Otherwise water would just run in a straight line from source to the sea.
@@jay1373theres already a comment in this thread explaining the first question. But the second: The reason mercury travels faster is because of the gravitational pull of the sun. It wouldn't really be applicable here, since gravity is pulling down, not in. Instead, we have to take inertia into account- "objects in motion stay in motion." Importantly, they go at the same speed in the same direction until acted on by outside forces. The fastest moving water wouldn't turn sharply to go along the inside of a bend, but would continue straight until forced to bend by the outside curve
I watched the full video years ago, it explained the phenomenon very well, this is just aclip of it, why r u too lazy to press just a few links and u wouldnt have had to make this dumb comment
They actually curve because the difference of speed in the water flow. Because it goes slowly in the inside of the curve all the sand stays there while the sand gets taken away on the outside curve.
"So rivers would get curvidier and curvidier... " WHY? "Its get taught in elementary school, the shore would erodes... " No, seriously, WHY? WHY WOULD IT ERODES IN FIRST PLACE THAT MAKES A CURVE
@@trentlindsey7401 And the shape impacts the flow speed, and thus where sediment gets erodet and were it deposits. Sad that this video didn't even got to that point of the explanation, so the title became totally misleading XD
Water is faster on the outside of curves, which erodes away sediment, widening the curve. That sediment gets deposited where water moves slower, which is on the inside of curves, filling in the inside as the curve moves outward, causing the perceived curve growth over time. There are a number of UA-cam videos that explain it in depth.
Explanation: Any original curves grow due to water pushing against the outside bank and eroding the outside, and then water moving away from the inside bank depositing sediments.
@@Dahackabarade the water erodes the dirt on the curve its pushing on and the dirt on the part where it aint pushing on gets filled with dirt, kind of similar to how a ship pushes through water at the bow and water gets pushed away while water at the stern fills the void left behind by the ship
Basically (here’s what I’ve learned from GCSE Geography), the flow of the river grinds along the outside of the meander, eroding it away, until it cuts out a “river cliff”. This river cliff becomes unsupported as it is eroded underneath and collapses. This happens over and over, causing the meander to recede, but the river on the inside of the meander travels slower, and so it loses its energy and drops the sediment suspended in the water (known as deposition). This follows the erosion outward, and it creates a “slip-off slope” that’s slanted toward the river. When the two meanders meet, the water takes the most direct path, or the path of least resistance, where loss of energy travelling through the meander causes deposition. As the river is cut off from the meander, this leaves behind an ox-bow lake that is often dry with little water, unless it is in a floodplain, where a flood will occur filling the ox-bow lake and the water remains there after the water is drained away. This is from what I learnt, and I’ve just finished my GCSEs and an ox-bow lake question did not come up :/ Though I am still looking at a decent grade, hopefully. I’ll see on results day in a few weeks, won’t I?
I think its because every little bump, no matter how small, gets chiseled away bit by bit until a small pocket forms, and then that pocket keeps getting chiseled at, and eventually you get curves
Heres an actual explanation for you guys When the river is first forming, the water will take the easiest path downwards. If all the rock was the same, that would be a straight line, but some areas of rock are weaker than others. The water erodes that weaker rock faster, and so it takes a slightly winding path Now that a slightly winding path has been established, the curves will start to grow. This is because the current is essentially smashing into the outside of each bend, causing those to erode more. The inside of each bend has a slower moving current, which causes sediment (like sand and gravel) to settle there. The rest is as you see in the video
That's all they could of said. Instead they say once it's curved it continues to curve as if the curves magically appear Edit: idk why yall so mean, I don't know why the curves begin in the first place. I want to learn and this little clip really didn't help at all, sorry I'm dumb lmao
@@ravenfromtheteentitansThat's literally not even right, the chemicals are in the brain, the part that hurts sends a signal to the brain to trigger it
Rivers get twisty because fast water erodes the outer bends, carrying away dirt and sand, while slower water deposits these materials on the inner bends. It makes the bends more pronounced over time.
The fastest moving part of the river is on the edges, as all the silt is trapped on the inner bank of a turn. This keeps the further bank more eroded growing through time as the video shows
The outside of the meander is faster, causing it to erode at the rock making it bigger, the inside loses momentum and drops off what it is carrying making the inside build up.
They actually curve because the difference of speed in the water flow. Because it goes slowly in the inside of the curve all the sand stays there while the sand gets taken away on the outside curve.
Rivers curve because of varied flow, and the deposit of sediments in the slow moving part of the river (inner part of curve). Which is also why there is land that seems to “grow” between the curves in the animation.
@@Doopen Well yes but in this chase no. Because there are many reasons why they wouldn't curve. The path of least resistance for example. Without explanation the standard assumption would be that they go straight as long as there is nothing in the way. So you have to give an explanation.
@@jonathancole6124 Ohh aha sorry I was quoting a game line because the original comment sounded so similiar, but thank you for your response either way! /lighthearted
Its kinda like an aneurizm the flow pushes against the outside of the curves and they grow, so even if it starts with very tiny curves over time they get bigger and bigger
@@skie6282 yeah... I can fucking read. The short explains why, assuming you know what water erosion is. Could the title have been worded better? Yes. Does anybody actually read the titles of shorts to begin with? Probably only 10% of people even give a shit.
Y'know, water in a river is running. If you know about Erosion you can just put 2 and 2 together to find out: a river curves because it's not straight and because water moves.
The comments: Yeah, but why? "It get taught in elemantary school dumbass, it erodes the shore and making a curve" WHY IT EVEN ERODES IN THE FIRST PLACE STUPID NERD. Why it curves in the first place, heck in the end it leaves its own curve and making a straight line
I know i am late, but because the water goes around the curve, it erodes the outside part of that curve mostly, because it mostly goes along the outside. This just keeps happening and tadaa! Bigger curve🙂
@@captainsnekkit's a joke also this short explain almost nothing it just say it will continue to curve until it leave behind an oxbox lake whatever that is
In case anybody is ACTUALLY wondering why rivers curve, it’s because if water hits a spot on the rivers bank it essentially bounces off that spot and goes faster towards the opposite bank, well when it hits that bank it bounces to the next one, and so on and if you follow the angle of the “bounces” it creates curves as the water wears away the ground (sorry if I didn’t explain it very well, if you see a diagram it makes a lot more sense of course)
Water on the outside of a curve has further to go and so travels faster, while at the inside of the curve the water travels much slower. Higher speed water has more energy and so erodes the rivers banks and beds. Meanwhile lower speed water at the inside of the curve doesnt have enough energy to transport the eroded material and so deposits it into a fresh bank.
Why do rivers curve? Well the answer is erosion of sediment or rocks. The sediment usually tumble and break dirt and the sides of the river off to make it have a curvier shape over time. You’re welcome for answering the question from the vid if anyone was actually curious 😂
Each river starts high and ends low. Thats why it is flowing. It always takes the easiest way. If the easiest way was perfect straight it would not form curves. But its never perfectly straught and even at small natural curves the current takes land away at the outer side of the curve (more abbrasion than at the inner side) and therefore naturally enhances the curve further. A little bit downstream the eroded stuff sediments which leads to a curve in the other direction. This is a self enhancing effect. Your Welcome ❤
@qO.0p, You forgot to have nothing in the way of your sky due to all of your airplanes and helicopters. You also forgot to let your sky bumble into itself and create a cressent shaped remnant called an Oxbow Lake.
Plot twist 2: The guy asking why rivers curve is actually stranded and held captive. He needs to understand river meanders to locate a hidden passage that leads to freedom. His captors monitor his communications, so he can't directly ask for help. By getting people to explain the natural processes behind river curves, he hopes to gather enough information to map the river's course and find the escape route.
I remember i had to learn about Oxbow lakes in school and no matter what, i DID NOT understand it. I ended up eventually mugging up the meaning, this would've been so helpful back then
@Dr. Zevia yes. I think if you're going to post something on the internet, you deserve any and all criticism that comes your way for such content. Your analogy is almost right. Its more like, if you gave a speech in front of a full hall, and didnt answer a question that was asked of you, you do, in fact, deserve to be heckled for that
@Dr. Zevia Think before you speak or do or post anything ,why, Cuz ppl will always judge you for your actions no matter what your intentions is ,and if you have a good sense reality ,you'll see that the ppl in the comments are just trying to make a funny comment out of this little mistake(or intentional mistake wdk) and if you take that personally and think that its an insult(or people laughing at your mistakes in general) ,i can tell you that you're a narcissist .
@GeezSus The water is carrying sediment. Water on the outside of the curve travels faster, eroding the outer edge and pushing the meander further out (this is called a cut bank). On the inner edge, the water flows slower, allowing for suspended sediment to deposit onto what is called a point bank. Over time this causes the form of the river to “meander.”
This actually helped so much more than how they showed it in school! Also, for those of you wondering why it curves, it’s because as a river runs, it scrapes away at the “walls” of the river, and there’s more force at curves, so it gets scraped away at, or eroded quicker
I used to have a book on like just earth in general and i was obsessed with it between 5 and 12 and this short finally answered the questions it raised 😅
Rivers curve due to an effect called erosion[I think that's the name] but the water basically takes brushes past the edges of the river and the outside edges of curves have more surface area than the inside parts thus the river is pushing more on that side causing it to curve more. I think
So that is super cool. Went and looked at some local rivers on CalTopo and found this as well as terrain left over from other times presumably longer ago. How neat!
For someone actually curious to why the curves form in the first place, heres the explenation. A streaming river will erode one side (where it streams fastests) and drop sediments on the other side (where it streams slowest) the brownish part you see in the videos are where the sediments are dropped, like sand or gravel, which causes one part of the shape, then the water is pushed more to the other side, where it picks up sediment and ‘erodes’ that side. That causes the curve, and like said jn the video, nothing haults this process which causes the shape.
For the curious, this happens because high flow causes increased erosion of the banks. A river with a bunch of curves is more stable than a steeper straight river because the force is distributed against a larger amount of dirt. When the dirt between curves gets too thin, the barrier is weakened and they rejoin, but it will start forming new curves further down.
FYI.... this takes a great many years to come to fruition. So when you see it in your lifetime, you better have photos. The transition is priceless, and very few see it
Higher speed at outside corner of bend, causing erosion Slower at inside bend, making deposition It is deposited and eroded to a side, which makes it curve
@@luckysnakerivals3220 Maybe you weren't listening to this, either. She actually explained nothing, just told you what happens, not why (which was supposedly the question). And in the UK, this is Geography, not Science.
@@neilbarnett3046 It would be geography in most places including the US. Our boy probably just forgot or hasn't been in school in 20-years. That said I will acknowledge that how things form is a very small part of geography over here, they're far more focused on making us remember countries/landmasses.
It's erosion and sedimentation. The river digs away at the curve, curving it further. Sediment can also be deposited at the inner end of the curve. Side note: oxbow lakes may also happen when floods or higher water levels create a new, straighter path for the river. (This is what I remember from Secondary Geography so might not be 100% accurate)
What she's trying to explain is that life is like a door, you pass through the window and take a shit, but onions can never become a chair even if an antelope drives banana 🙂
if anyone is wondering, they give because:
Higher speed at outside corner of bend, causing erosion
Slower at inside bend, making deposition
It is deposited and eroded to a side, which makes it curve
It's this and the ground is made of different "hardness" of soil/rock. Essentially the water finds the path of least resistance through softer rock and soil which forms the bends in the first place. Otherwise water would just run in a straight line from source to the sea.
You should've been the one narrating the video instead of her 😂
@@jay1373theres already a comment in this thread explaining the first question. But the second:
The reason mercury travels faster is because of the gravitational pull of the sun. It wouldn't really be applicable here, since gravity is pulling down, not in.
Instead, we have to take inertia into account- "objects in motion stay in motion." Importantly, they go at the same speed in the same direction until acted on by outside forces. The fastest moving water wouldn't turn sharply to go along the inside of a bend, but would continue straight until forced to bend by the outside curve
The full video did cover it I think (years ago since I've seen it), it's an unfortunate short. Awesome that you took it upon yourself to explain it.
I was thinking this too, thanks for confirming - since the video didn't care to apparently. 😋
When you can't answer a teacher's question, so you start talking random, in hopes of getting out
"How do you grow seeds?"
"Well, the seeds grow bigger and bigger until they grow."
I watched the full video years ago, it explained the phenomenon very well, this is just aclip of it, why r u too lazy to press just a few links and u wouldnt have had to make this dumb comment
Lol
"And leave behind a tasty fruit."
Muda muda muda?
Too good lol
"How are pencils made?"
"If you put too much pressure on your pencil, you'll break it in half, giving you two pencils to use."
lmao
But then that’s not how they’re made
@@aaliyahsapien4392That's the joke
😂😂😂
The video right below this one was about a pencil 😭😂😂
"Why do rivers curve?"
"Here's a lake"
I think he's questioning it too🗿
They're asking us.
@Me and Myself it is owned by the same person
Because they lay in their bed all their life watching on their tv channels to much drifting on Fast and Furious.
They actually curve because the difference of speed in the water flow. Because it goes slowly in the inside of the curve all the sand stays there while the sand gets taken away on the outside curve.
"How do planes fly?"
"As long as nothing's in the way, they fly"
The planes just throw themselves at the ground and miss
@@suspicioussandhgttg
they fly as long as theres no tower in the way
@@Baixel9/11 comment
@@Baixel*the towers tower as long as nothing gets in their way
The title:"why do rivers curve" the video:"explains something totally different"
It’s only part of a longer video. Watch the whole thing it’s pretty good.
“Why do Rivers Curve?”
“Good question.”
"So rivers would get curvidier and curvidier... "
WHY?
"Its get taught in elementary school, the shore would erodes... "
No, seriously, WHY? WHY WOULD IT ERODES IN FIRST PLACE THAT MAKES A CURVE
@@3takoyakis fast-moving water brushes away layers of detrius and, eventually, even stone, and this effect is accentuated near bends.
@@trentlindsey7401 And the shape impacts the flow speed, and thus where sediment gets erodet and were it deposits.
Sad that this video didn't even got to that point of the explanation, so the title became totally misleading XD
Because the ground isn't sloped enough to make it flow in a straighter line.
Water is faster on the outside of curves, which erodes away sediment, widening the curve. That sediment gets deposited where water moves slower, which is on the inside of curves, filling in the inside as the curve moves outward, causing the perceived curve growth over time.
There are a number of UA-cam videos that explain it in depth.
Explanation: Any original curves grow due to water pushing against the outside bank and eroding the outside, and then water moving away from the inside bank depositing sediments.
I didn't understand any of that but that looks like a good explanation
@@Dahackabarade water makes hole on outside curve and puts down dirt on inside curve
It’s funny how so many people literally can’t do enough thinking to understand that this is what she meant
@@Dahackabarade the water erodes the dirt on the curve its pushing on and the dirt on the part where it aint pushing on gets filled with dirt, kind of similar to how a ship pushes through water at the bow and water gets pushed away while water at the stern fills the void left behind by the ship
why is it eroding one side rather than just eroding straight ahead though?
"Why do rivers curve?"
"Rivers make oxbow lakes"
They themselves don't know, they're asking us
Man, it must suck having a brain as small as yours
@@squigglefifi6125 tbf this is just a short of an old video they made where they actually explain it 💀
They curve because they errode the sediment on the outer sides, and it forces the shape over time
There's 3 of them in my town just down the river separating it into 2 sides (although they're filling one of them in)
"why do rivers curve?"
"It makes an oxbow lake"
"How do rivers curve? "
"It curves"
*Understandable*
the water pushes the sands and rocks away to form a new path
@@SmileFile_exe *Understandable*
@@Aditya_Kushwaha01 ik
@CoCo-qi5nr *Understandable as well*
Basically (here’s what I’ve learned from GCSE Geography), the flow of the river grinds along the outside of the meander, eroding it away, until it cuts out a “river cliff”. This river cliff becomes unsupported as it is eroded underneath and collapses. This happens over and over, causing the meander to recede, but the river on the inside of the meander travels slower, and so it loses its energy and drops the sediment suspended in the water (known as deposition). This follows the erosion outward, and it creates a “slip-off slope” that’s slanted toward the river. When the two meanders meet, the water takes the most direct path, or the path of least resistance, where loss of energy travelling through the meander causes deposition. As the river is cut off from the meander, this leaves behind an ox-bow lake that is often dry with little water, unless it is in a floodplain, where a flood will occur filling the ox-bow lake and the water remains there after the water is drained away.
This is from what I learnt, and I’ve just finished my GCSEs and an ox-bow lake question did not come up :/
Though I am still looking at a decent grade, hopefully. I’ll see on results day in a few weeks, won’t I?
“Sooo... why do rivers curve?”
“That’s correct!”
I think she's the one asking us the question
Erosion
I think its because every little bump, no matter how small, gets chiseled away bit by bit until a small pocket forms, and then that pocket keeps getting chiseled at, and eventually you get curves
DIDNT ASK + MY CONTENT SUCKS ASS
I'd assume it has to do with Rivera slowly eroding their banks and then naturally flowing to the lower points
I really like this D&D battlemap way of explaining things.
That’s the FIRST thing I thought about!
" what's the meaning of life? "
" Yes we are living "
The answer can be found in the Movie Conan the barbarian....
What? To drive your enemy before you? Slay him and rape his woman?
@@matsveritas2055 Conan never said rape women. I believe the word he used was inundation.
Besides she would be the soils of war anyway.
* Existentialism be like*
"once you die, your Body undergoes rigor mortis.
Heres an actual explanation for you guys
When the river is first forming, the water will take the easiest path downwards. If all the rock was the same, that would be a straight line, but some areas of rock are weaker than others. The water erodes that weaker rock faster, and so it takes a slightly winding path
Now that a slightly winding path has been established, the curves will start to grow. This is because the current is essentially smashing into the outside of each bend, causing those to erode more. The inside of each bend has a slower moving current, which causes sediment (like sand and gravel) to settle there.
The rest is as you see in the video
That's all they could of said. Instead they say once it's curved it continues to curve as if the curves magically appear
Edit: idk why yall so mean, I don't know why the curves begin in the first place. I want to learn and this little clip really didn't help at all, sorry I'm dumb lmao
Thanks!
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Wow cheers for explaining 🎉❤
But what happens after the lake gets cut off. I have to know.
"How are babies born?"
"When a baby is born, it grows into an adult."
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*instantly*
After becoming an adult the baby will get what is called a "job".
@@dabbingraccoons6416 not enough emojis
most of the time
In Sweden we call an oxbow lake "korvsjö" which translates to "sausage lake"
Probably someone was horribly hungry as he called it like that lmao
For some reason this doesn't surprise me.
In southern Scotland, where we have big meandering rivers the left over body of water is called a haugh, not to be confused with ‘loch’.
"Why does the wind blow?"
"Short bursts of wind moving at high speeds are known as gusts."
and people call me gus fring
difference in temperature.
"how do you get paid?"
"Well, buy what you want with that money"
💀💀💀
who else gets this exact same vid so many times
The Oxbow lake: but you didn't have to cut me off-
"As long as u get paid, u would get more and more money and heres what to do with it"
oxbow lake: but you didnt have to cut me off
"Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing"
HAHAHA throwback, nice
🐐😁 (Goatye)
Now it's just some river that I used to know
@@ishamalve2242 "Now I'm just some oxbow where you used to flow."
"Why do rivers curve?"
"Well you see, the river gets curvier and curvier until it seperates into a lake."
“Why am I in pain?”
“Discomfort can be an affect of pain.”
Nah bro it happens due to chemicals released by the part where you are having pain
@@ravenfromtheteentitansThat's literally not even right, the chemicals are in the brain, the part that hurts sends a signal to the brain to trigger it
@@ravenfromtheteentitans nah its caus your brain wants you to fell pain so you know its there
I feel like she's genuinely asking us why they curve
Me too
@@akhandtripathipyz9888 me2
its... obvious tho
@@liamaincraft7614stop
@@liamaincraft7614then why is it
"Why do rivers curve?"
"Yes!"
Erosion by the water causes it
Yes … and no: that why the rivers don’t follow a straight line 😂👍
@@itsiwhatitsi like "i cant sniff" floydy followed the W Cop and got punished
Rivers get twisty because fast water erodes the outer bends, carrying away dirt and sand, while slower water deposits these materials on the inner bends. It makes the bends more pronounced over time.
The fastest moving part of the river is on the edges, as all the silt is trapped on the inner bank of a turn. This keeps the further bank more eroded growing through time as the video shows
Now, this made me wonder what happens if a river curves into one of these lakes.
They curve.
They curve into one of these lakes.
"Why the rivers curves?"
"Because they do"
Erosion
Oxbow lakes are formed when a river's meander gets too wibbly, wibbly, wobbly to maintain the course it's on.
The outside of the meander is faster, causing it to erode at the rock making it bigger, the inside loses momentum and drops off what it is carrying making the inside build up.
"Why do rivers curve ?"
"Because they can."
They actually curve because the difference of speed in the water flow. Because it goes slowly in the inside of the curve all the sand stays there while the sand gets taken away on the outside curve.
Cuz erosion
@@Lasereye2000W
@@Lasereye2000🤓🤓🤓
“Because I said so!”
Plot twist: The title was a legitimate question and she actually wanted an answer from us
Plot twist? Its the actual reason (OP Wants you to research about it). Most people are just used to spoon-fed information.
@landon8214 Just like I said, the reason was because OP wants you to research about it. They're not gonna spoon feed you the answer to the title. :D
Rivers curve because of varied flow, and the deposit of sediments in the slow moving part of the river (inner part of curve). Which is also why there is land that seems to “grow” between the curves in the animation.
"Why does a river curve?"
"Nothing is in the way, so why wouldn't it?"
It curves because of the centrifugal force, wich makes the ground on the outside of the river erode easier
Science isn't about why, it's about why not!
@@Doopen Well yes but in this chase no.
Because there are many reasons why they wouldn't curve. The path of least resistance for example.
Without explanation the standard assumption would be that they go straight as long as there is nothing in the way.
So you have to give an explanation.
@@Doopenwrong. The definition of science is to observe and report.
@@jonathancole6124 Ohh aha sorry I was quoting a game line because the original comment sounded so similiar, but thank you for your response either way! /lighthearted
“wHy Do rIvERs CuRve?”
This video: “Yes”
soil gets eroded and pushed onto another river bank
Joke's on you, I already watched their video on why rivers curve.
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cause irrigation duh
Its kinda like an aneurizm the flow pushes against the outside of the curves and they grow, so even if it starts with very tiny curves over time they get bigger and bigger
This doesnt say why it just says rivers do...
Because the flowing water erodes the shore of the river over time... are you a child? This type of stuff is taught in elementary school
@@chefboyardeeznutsinyourmouth the title of the short is why do rivers curve... not "rivers curve alot"
@@skie6282 yeah... I can fucking read. The short explains why, assuming you know what water erosion is. Could the title have been worded better? Yes. Does anybody actually read the titles of shorts to begin with? Probably only 10% of people even give a shit.
@@chefboyardeeznutsinyourmouth “are you a child” was such a dumb comment that you’ve actually made me laugh. Grow up mentally little man 🤦🏻♂️
@@chefboyardeeznutsinyourmouth Do you think ANYONE cares about your kiddy fact?
Yo, living in a cabin in the middle of an oxbow lake would go so hard ngl
"why do ducks fly south in winter"
"well, they flap and flap until they get there"
Lmao
I didn't read that right, and now I can't get the inage out of my head.
this is the best one so far, actually made me lol :)
I love the part where they talk about WHY rivers curve!
Y'know, water in a river is running. If you know about Erosion you can just put 2 and 2 together to find out: a river curves because it's not straight and because water moves.
@@IRRIDATION the video title is "WHY DO RIVERS CURVE"
"As long as nothing gets in the way of a river[...]"
Because nothing got in the way of those rivers. 😂
Damn I’m sorry. Were you looking for an entire documentary in UA-cam shorts?
Common sense
“Why do rivers curve.”
“No idea, but did you know-“
The comments: Yeah, but why?
"It get taught in elemantary school dumbass, it erodes the shore and making a curve"
WHY IT EVEN ERODES IN THE FIRST PLACE STUPID NERD.
Why it curves in the first place, heck in the end it leaves its own curve and making a straight line
WHY THE FUCK DO YOU THINK DUMBASS😂
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Behind my Grandpa's house was a giant river, and just a few months ago we got news that the river has formed an oxbow lake
Great video! I loved the part where we got to know why rivers curve.
I know i am late, but because the water goes around the curve, it erodes the outside part of that curve mostly, because it mostly goes along the outside. This just keeps happening and tadaa! Bigger curve🙂
@@captainsnekkit's a joke also this short explain almost nothing it just say it will continue to curve until it leave behind an oxbox lake whatever that is
@@BlossomPathOnStage15fr bruh??🤯
@@captainsnekkdang thanks for telling me, I wanted to find out but was to lazy to look it up 😅
@@BlossomPathOnStage15 cuz it’s stupid to explain such a simple thing
"How do birds fly"
"Well, birds often fly to get around. Sometimes birds walk."
I can trust you with this info. You're a parrot.
lol
Well! That's a good one
why is nobody talking about how this is actually a cool video
"Why does the brain think"
Well it think and think until it overthink
I think that we should think about this think
@@1DontKnowMan we shouldn’t actually
Why did this make me laugh 😂
this is so me
A person who thinks all teh time has nothing to think about except thoughts so he loses touch with reality
"what's your name?"
"The name is the word used for calling someone"
💀💀
"Why is the sky blue?"
"Well it goes from sunset yellow to afternoon blue."
This is one of those videos that you never search for, yet they always appear on your fyp every month for no reason
"How to pay taxes"
"As long as nothing gets in the way, taxes will increase"
😂😂😂
This one is good 😂
Realest comment here 😭
😭😭 so true
Best comment😂
In case anybody is ACTUALLY wondering why rivers curve, it’s because if water hits a spot on the rivers bank it essentially bounces off that spot and goes faster towards the opposite bank, well when it hits that bank it bounces to the next one, and so on and if you follow the angle of the “bounces” it creates curves as the water wears away the ground (sorry if I didn’t explain it very well, if you see a diagram it makes a lot more sense of course)
Thanks mate
That makes sense, thanks for answering what the video couldn't
The real MVP
Thanks Man, God bless you
@@justarandompolishguy1513 wholesome
"How can you grow water?"
"Just water it"
Or freeze it :|
P
Interviewer: "So, how smart are you?"
Me: "Oxbow Lake"
Interviewer: "You're hired!!"
“Why do rivers curve?”
*“Yes.”*
Edit: its been a year, and people still don't realize its a joke 💀
Erosion is stronger on the curves
This was taught in middle school.
Water on the outside of a curve has further to go and so travels faster, while at the inside of the curve the water travels much slower. Higher speed water has more energy and so erodes the rivers banks and beds. Meanwhile lower speed water at the inside of the curve doesnt have enough energy to transport the eroded material and so deposits it into a fresh bank.
Calm down hes not in middle scholl yet probably
Not every school in the world teaches the same stuff and trevor's right that the video fails to actually answer the title question.
Why do rivers curve? Well the answer is erosion of sediment or rocks. The sediment usually tumble and break dirt and the sides of the river off to make it have a curvier shape over time. You’re welcome for answering the question from the vid if anyone was actually curious 😂
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a comment turned out to be more informative than the video, thanks!
Comment section to the rescue. 👏
You are the smartest commenter in this entire comment section ☠️
you're a hero
"Why do cats meow?"
"Cats can eat large varieties of food, especially meat"
i love how i didnt ask for this yet i still enjoyed it
Glad YT keeps recommending this video to me at least once a year.
Yup, I've already seen it twice this week, and about 2 more this year
same xd
listen to it but replace the word river with girlfreind
Same
Same
this describes an oxbow lake more than a river's curve. The explanation for a river's curve in the original video si pretty good though.
Well this isn’t the original video they just took a clip and posted it
Billabong !
@@reeceoshaney5971 then they shouldn’t have titled it the same. Title it how an oxbow lake forms
Would you mind sharing the link to the original video?
@@pascalb6803 I'm not sure if this channel allows links in comments, but it has the same title and is on their main channel, MinuteEarth.
I loved the part where they answered their question
Still waiting for that deleted scene
Timestamp please
@@RicDevs 2:00
Ok...
@channel-tt4qg 0:17
Each river starts high and ends low. Thats why it is flowing. It always takes the easiest way. If the easiest way was perfect straight it would not form curves. But its never perfectly straught and even at small natural curves the current takes land away at the outer side of the curve (more abbrasion than at the inner side) and therefore naturally enhances the curve further. A little bit downstream the eroded stuff sediments which leads to a curve in the other direction. This is a self enhancing effect.
Your Welcome ❤
“Why is the sky blue?”
“As long as nothing gets in the way, the sky will turn more blue until it’s blue.”
That's true, I can see it every morning
Instructions unclear, my sky is turning red! What did i do wrong?
@qO.0p, You forgot to have nothing in the way of your sky due to all of your airplanes and helicopters. You also forgot to let your sky bumble into itself and create a cressent shaped remnant called an Oxbow Lake.
@@qO.0pweeping god trollface
@@qO.0p something's in the way, get rid of your ceiling
"Why does an airplane fly?"
-"It has wings."
Well.. thats still more explanation than this video, lol
"why does an airplane fly?"
"When it's in the air, it can turn by banking OR by using the rudder"
it flies higher and higher
"As long as there are no obstacles on the runway an airplane will rise into the air and fly."
@@DivineDefect aperture
"Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes"
Ohh I didn't know that
😁😁😂
Spread the message
In this situation:
Every 60 seconds, a second is defined as the time it takes for a metre stick to swing forwards and backwards.
I havent heard that in a long time 🤣🤣
I am pretty sure this is the 7th time I've been recommended this
Same
Idk what’s the problem
“How do you tie a tie?”
“You tie the tie and then go to work :)”
Plot twist: The guy who posted this video is genuinely asking us why do rivers curve.
Plot twist 2: The guy asking why rivers curve is actually stranded and held captive. He needs to understand river meanders to locate a hidden passage that leads to freedom. His captors monitor his communications, so he can't directly ask for help. By getting people to explain the natural processes behind river curves, he hopes to gather enough information to map the river's course and find the escape route.
"Why does school exist?"
"Once you finish 12th grade, you graduate."
12TH !?!?!?!?
@@themagnificentsansandmylaz4115 There’s also college!
@@kianyt7987 oh ok, I thought it resets after you finish a school
@@themagnificentsansandmylaz4115 🤣
@@themagnificentsansandmylaz4115 resets?! 😂😂
I remember i had to learn about Oxbow lakes in school and no matter what, i DID NOT understand it. I ended up eventually mugging up the meaning, this would've been so helpful back then
Same!
This channel deserves every one of these comments for this one.
@Dr. Zevia You're the reason why Rivers Curve
@Dr. Zevia yes. I think if you're going to post something on the internet, you deserve any and all criticism that comes your way for such content. Your analogy is almost right. Its more like, if you gave a speech in front of a full hall, and didnt answer a question that was asked of you, you do, in fact, deserve to be heckled for that
@Dr. Zevia Think before you speak or do or post anything ,why, Cuz ppl will always judge you for your actions no matter what your intentions is ,and if you have a good sense reality ,you'll see that the ppl in the comments are just trying to make a funny comment out of this little mistake(or intentional mistake wdk) and if you take that personally and think that its an insult(or people laughing at your mistakes in general) ,i can tell you that you're a narcissist .
@Dr. Zevia zero sense of humour
@Dr. Zevia shut up already its not meant to be taken seriously
"why do rivers curve?"
"yes"
SHUT UP😂
“How does one river curve?”
“It creates a lake.”
“But-“
“Understandable, have a nice day.”
Think about where the water is pushing in the bends, combine this with the fact that water erodes the stuff it pushes on and you get curvy rivers.
But it doesn't explain why the original path is sealed back up, sure it erodes but how does the original path restore to ground level?
@GeezSus The water is carrying sediment. Water on the outside of the curve travels faster, eroding the outer edge and pushing the meander further out (this is called a cut bank). On the inner edge, the water flows slower, allowing for suspended sediment to deposit onto what is called a point bank. Over time this causes the form of the river to “meander.”
@@teathpaste3301 Thanks this helps
practical engineering has a good video explaining why
This actually helped so much more than how they showed it in school!
Also, for those of you wondering why it curves, it’s because as a river runs, it scrapes away at the “walls” of the river, and there’s more force at curves, so it gets scraped away at, or eroded quicker
"Why do we breathe?"
"We do breathing from lungs"
Unfair comparison, ypu actually said something
@Alejandro Gonzalez was there nothing said in this video? Get your ears checked.
Lmfaoooooooo this one did it for me. I even pictured her voice and made it that much funnier
“Why is the sky blue?”
“Blue is one of the three primary colors.”
Actually that's a more useful and related answer compared to that
"How does the brain work?"
"The brain is part of the human body!"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
thanks!
This was easier to understand than a 1h lesson in school thanks
i love when youtubers makes shorts from a video and just keep the title despite the clip not addressing the topic directly
"Why do we have to sleep?"
"When you sleep, you have your eyes closed for long periods of time"
Nah i think that is called Being Dead
@@bujamade702yeah but he said PeriodS not preiod
This is what happens when you don’t start the assignment until the morning it’s due.
Underrated
I used to have a book on like just earth in general and i was obsessed with it between 5 and 12 and this short finally answered the questions it raised 😅
I like the part where they explain WHY a river curves.
yeah i liked that part too
Use your critical thinking skills to figure out why
@@DragouMC then why you make a video titled: “why do rivers curve?”
Rivers curve due to an effect called erosion[I think that's the name] but the water basically takes brushes past the edges of the river and the outside edges of curves have more surface area than the inside parts thus the river is pushing more on that side causing it to curve more. I think
@@DragouMCthats.. why we are watching this
"Why do Rivers Curve?"
"Rivers curve and curve until they can't."
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-Why?
-It does.
So that is super cool. Went and looked at some local rivers on CalTopo and found this as well as terrain left over from other times presumably longer ago. How neat!
“Well does the river curve into a river?”
“Yesn’t”
0 comment ? Let me fix that
"It will continue to grow curvier and curvier"
Can I date a river?
River kinda bad tho
@@YeezySkeezykinda down baad 😳
**lip bite**
Sorry, river is into Sea
😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Same vibe as
"Do you know how to pay taxes? "
"Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell"
Why am i so mad at this “YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO GROW LIKE THAT, JUST BE A LAKE GODDAMN IT” KEKW
For someone actually curious to why the curves form in the first place, heres the explenation. A streaming river will erode one side (where it streams fastests) and drop sediments on the other side (where it streams slowest) the brownish part you see in the videos are where the sediments are dropped, like sand or gravel, which causes one part of the shape, then the water is pushed more to the other side, where it picks up sediment and ‘erodes’ that side. That causes the curve, and like said jn the video, nothing haults this process which causes the shape.
Thanks
For the curious, this happens because high flow causes increased erosion of the banks. A river with a bunch of curves is more stable than a steeper straight river because the force is distributed against a larger amount of dirt.
When the dirt between curves gets too thin, the barrier is weakened and they rejoin, but it will start forming new curves further down.
“How do humans breath?”
“Breathing is necessary for human life”
Uh?
Breathe… not breath. Don’t know why I pointed this out it just bugged me… sorry!
Hope everyone is doing good
FYI.... this takes a great many years to come to fruition. So when you see it in your lifetime, you better have photos.
The transition is priceless, and very few see it
Them: Why do rivers curve?
Also them: Explains what rivers do
“How are people born?”
“They become Bigger and Bigger”
A stick becomes bigger and bigger until something comes out
@@Goldendane77_official😂😂
@@gameitornot ...and when it enters a hole, someone's gonna come outta there in a few months
lollolooooo lolm pee
“Why do rivers curve?”
“Not gonna lie, Marge.”
[Proceeds to ignore the question altogether.]
my truly honest reaction: “hey east enders!” “oh nevermind”
“Why do Rivers Curve?”
“Well an oxbow lake is made by…”
The part where she explained why it curves was so informative! Thanks for the info!
her explanation was even better than my science teacher teaching for a whole hour 😊
Higher speed at outside corner of bend, causing erosion
Slower at inside bend, making deposition
It is deposited and eroded to a side, which makes it curve
@@ИгорьГригорьев-и4ь Thank you!
@@luckysnakerivals3220 Maybe you weren't listening to this, either. She actually explained nothing, just told you what happens, not why (which was supposedly the question).
And in the UK, this is Geography, not Science.
@@neilbarnett3046 It would be geography in most places including the US. Our boy probably just forgot or hasn't been in school in 20-years. That said I will acknowledge that how things form is a very small part of geography over here, they're far more focused on making us remember countries/landmasses.
"Why do cars move?"
"Yes, the car can move until someone hits the brakes or has no fuel anymore."
This video has popped up on my feed unexpectedly:
~5~
times now
“How do you bake a cake?”
“You’ll get all the ingredients and then you bake the cake”
After the cake is done some people cut it into slices.
You fail, this actually kind of explains how to bake a cake!
@@xxxx85 "how do you start a car"
"Check the tire tread depth and tire pressure."
It's erosion and sedimentation. The river digs away at the curve, curving it further. Sediment can also be deposited at the inner end of the curve.
Side note: oxbow lakes may also happen when floods or higher water levels create a new, straighter path for the river.
(This is what I remember from Secondary Geography so might not be 100% accurate)
This comment needs more love because they actually explained howrivers curve instead of continuing to make fun of the original clip.
What she's trying to explain is that life is like a door, you pass through the window and take a shit, but onions can never become a chair even if an antelope drives banana 🙂