Meander (disambiguation)
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Not to be confused with Menander (disambiguation).
A meander is a bend in a river.
Meander may also refer to:
In geography:
- Maeander River (or Meander River), historical name of the Büyük Menderes River in Turkey, the origin of the term
- Meander, Tasmania, Australia
- Meander River (Tasmania), Australia
- Meander Valley Council, Tasmania, Australia
In other fields:
- Meander (mythology), a river god in Greek mythology and patron of the Maeander River in Turkey
- Meander (art), a decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif
- Meander (mathematics), a self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times
- Meander (surveying), a type of surveying in which boundary lines attempt to follow some non-linear natural feature, such as a river or lake edge
- Meander (album), the first album of the band Carbon Leaf
- HMS Maeander, the name of two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
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