We're now on Patreon! Please support us at: http://www.patreon.com/minuteearth Can you find an oxbow lake in GoogleEarth? Share your findings (pictures or coordinates) on Twitter, Facebook and other social media using the hashtag #oxbowlake And subscribe! - http://www.youtube.com/user/minuteearth?sub_confirmation=1 ________________________ Created by Henry Reich Production and Writing Team: Alex Reich, Peter Reich, Emily Elert, Ever Salazar, Kate Yoshida, and Henry Reich Narrated by: Emily Elert Music by Nathaniel Schroeder: http://www.soundcloud.com/drschroeder "Oxbow" voiceovers by: Vanessa Hill: https://www.youtube.com/user/braincraftvideo Ever Salazar: https://www.youtube.com/user/EverST88 Antoine Coeur: https://www.youtube.com/user/MinutePourLaTerre ________________________ Free iTunes podcasts of MinuteEarth! - https://goo.gl/sfwS6n Facebook - http://facebook.com/minuteearth Twitter - http://twitter.com/MinuteEarth MinuteEarth provides an energetic and entertaining view of trends in earth's environment -- in just a few minutes! ________________________ References Ferreira da Silva, A. M. (2006). On why and how do rivers meander. Howard, A. D. (2009). How to make a meandering river. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(41), 17245-17246. http://www.pnas.org/content/106/41/17245.full Howard, A. D., & Knutson, T. R. (1984). Sufficient conditions for river meandering: A simulation approach. Water Resources Research, 20(11), 1659-1667. http://erode.evsc.virginia.edu/papers/howard_meander_84.pdf Leopold, L. B., & Wolman, M. G. (1960). River meanders. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 71(6), 769-793. https://www.usu.edu/jackschmidt/files/uploads/Fluvial_2013_Labs/Leopold_Wolman_1960.pdf Parker, H. (1996). River Meandering as Self-Organization Process. Science,271, 1710. http://www.f052.it/watch/927/meandering_river.pdf Rhoads, B. L., & Welford, M. R. (1991). Initiation of river meandering. Progress in Physical Geography, 15(2), 127-156. http://www.geog.illinois.edu/~brhoads/rhoads%20and%20welford%201991.pdf Schwenk, Jon. Interview. 9 July 2014. Seminara, G. (2006). Meanders. Journal of fluid mechanics, 554, 271-297. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=431272&fileId=S0022112006008925 Stølum, H. H. (1998). Planform geometry and dynamics of meandering rivers.Geological Society of America Bulletin, 110(11), 1485-1498. http://bruche.u-strasbg.fr/pages_protegees/pdf/stolum_1998.pdf ________________________ Video and Image Credits Waterfalls Cascading - Courtesy Shutterstock http://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-6183704-stock-footage-waterfalls-cascading-down-a-rock-face-in-the-rocky-mountains-downward-pan.html Rio cauto Cuba - Public Domain Photo http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rio-cauto-cuba.JPG Tiger Leaping Gorge - Courtesy Shutterstock http://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-4884011-stock-footage-tiger-leaping-gorge-yunnan-province-china.html River coming from mountain - Google Earth 42°21'35.72" S 173°34'30.41" E Meandering River - Google Earth Engine https://earthengine.google.org/ Under Water 2 - Ken Mankoff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKMaeqpP8s4 Oxbow Lake Australia - GoogleEarth 23°41'31.06" S 150°47'53.91" E Oxbow Lake Colombia - GoogleEarth 3°20'18.70" N 70°07'10.92" O Oxbow Lake France - Google Earth 46°55'24.16" N 5°19'28.34" E Dry Oxbow Lake Colorado - Google Earth 32°00'06.80" N 115°07'19.81" O Martian Rivers on Aeolis Planum - NASA/JPL/University of Arizona http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006683_1740 Mars Rover Curiosity - Public Domain Image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mars_Rover_Curiosity_in_Artist's_Concept,_Wide.jpg
