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SYNONYM MEANDER FREE
A misfit river named Battle River just south of Camrose, Alberta: 52★8′1″N 113☉′57″W / 52.96694°N 113.16583°W / 52.96694 -113. Translation for meander in the free English-Polish dictionary and many other Polish translations.For instance, New Zealand's largest river (the Waikato) used to flow through the Hauraki Plains to the North Island's east coast, but changed its course to exit on the west coast due to a large volcanic eruption, leaving its former course through the 1-km wide Hinuera Gap occupied by only a small stream. Natural causes include stream capture or other changes in drainage patterns. If a single river appears to be a misfit stream, it may be as a result of human activity through groundwater extraction or dam construction upstream. If misfit streams are widespread in an area, climate change, particularly a reduction in precipitation, is likely to be the cause. Many causes of reduced discharges are possible. Channel size responds rapidly to variations in discharge, but valley size responds over much longer timescales. Misfit streams can also be caused by reductions in the discharge of the stream. Given the scale of most glacial troughs almost all of them contain misfit streams.
The rivers that occupy such valleys after the ice has retreated are not in proportion with the size of the valley. An underfit stream can result when glaciation modifies the landscape by creating glacial troughs.