Multiple choice

Which of the following develop incised meanders?

  1. Streams that flow rapidly over steep gradients.

  2. Streams flowing on low and gentle slopes.

  3. Meandering courses over floodplains and delta plains.

  4. The deep and wide meanders that are found cut in hard rocks.

  5. The rocky beds of hill-streams with more or less circular depression.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer. Very deep and wide meanders can be found cut in hard rocks. Such meanders are called incised or entrenched meanders.

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