According to new research counter-point bars on the outside of river bends are not the oddities they're often made out to be. In fact, they're a perfectly normal part of the river meandering process.

The state and national borders that had been historically dictated by a river's path may come into question when that river changes direction. CU Boulder Geology Professor Dr. Greg Tucker understands ...

A new Stanford study challenges the decades-old view that the rise of land plants half a billion years ago dramatically changed the shapes of rivers. Rivers generally come in two styles: braided, ...

It's not uncommon for crescent-shaped swaths of sand to dot the shorelines of meandering rivers. These swaths usually appear along the inner side of a river bend, where the bank wraps around the sandy ...