Meander (disambiguation)

Meander (disambiguation)

A meander is a bend in a river.

Meander may also refer to:

In geography:

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

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