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Water flows faster and is deeper on the outside edge of a meander curve  

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Geography Coursework Introduction - Aims and Objectives Purpose of study and general theory The purpose of this study is to decide whether the hypothesis 'water flows faster and is deeper on the outside edge of a meander curve' is true or not. To do this I have collected a lot of data about the river Wye. I will use this data such as bed load samples, width of the river depth of the river to create cross sections, velocity (measured in 2 different ways), and gradient. I will also use field sketches and maps of the areas. The field sketch on the following page shows Group 3, Site B. This is an example of a hand drawn map of the area that we studied. In it there is all the relevant detail that we could see these are things like where we saw the biggest sediment, if there was any overhanging branches or vegetation...

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