Baer's law

Baer's law

Baer's law, named after Karl Ernst von Baer, says that, because of the rotation of the earth, in the northern hemisphere, erosion occurs mostly on the right banks of rivers, and in the southern hemisphere on the left banks. In 1926 Albert Einstein wrote a paper explaining the causes of the phenomenon.

References

* Baer, K. E. v., "Über ein allgemeines Gesetz in der Gestaltung der Flußbetten", "Kaspische Studien", 1860, VIII, S. 1–6.

* Einstein, A., "Die Ursache der Mäanderbildung der Flußläufe und des sogenannten Baerschen Gesetzes", "Die Naturwissenschaften", 1926, 11, S. 223–224.

* Einstein, A., "The Causes of the Formation of Meanders in the Courses of Rivers and of the so-called Baer's Law", translation in "Ideas and Opinions", Bonanza Books, 1954.


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