different between meandering vs anabranching

English

Verb

meandering

1. present participle of meander

Adjective

meandering (comparative more meandering, superlative most meandering)

1. winding or rambling

Derived terms

• meanderingly

Translations

Noun

meandering (plural meanderings)

1. An instance or period of roaming.

Anagrams

• reamending

English

Etymology

From ana- +? branching.

Adjective

anabranching (not comparable)

1. (hydrology, of a water channel) Splitting around mid-channel islands that are roughly three times the width of the channel at full discharge.
   • 2008 January 18, Robert C. Walter and Dorothy J. Merritts, "Natural Streams and the Legacy of Water-Powered Mills"^[2], Science 319(5861), page 299:

   In particular, logjams blocked channels and led to the formation of side channels and floodplain sloughs, producing multiple anabranching channels and riverine wetlands that are in stark contrast to the large, single channels that exist in these streams today.

Coordinate terms

• anastomosing
• braided
• distributary
• meandering
• reticulate
• straight