Luna Bergere Leopold 1953 <p>T<span>he serpentine windings of rivers, which in certain reaches attain a remarkable symmetry and are then called meanders, must represent one aspect of the tendency for establishment of quasi-equilibrium in natural streams. With the increase in knowledge of the interaction of forces operating in rivers, this tendency toward equilibrium has assumed a greater significance.</span></p> application/pdf 10.1029/TR034i006p00955 en AGU Publications River meanders and vorticity theorem article