Civil Engineering - Irrigation - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Irrigation - Section 1 (Q.No. 29)
29.
The sinuosity of a meander is the ratio of
meander length and the width of meander
meander length and half width of the river
curved length and the straight distance
none of these.
Answer: Option
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Pramit Samanta said:   5 years ago
No @Kevin,

Tortuosity is actually greater than Sinuosity.

Kevin said:   6 years ago
Tortuosity and sinuosity is same.

Kvl said:   7 years ago
Degree of Sinuosity : the ratio of curved length and straight axial distance.

Tortuosity: the ratio of curved length along the river to the direct axial length of river.
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Nasir manzoor said:   7 years ago
Explain the Difference between sinuosity and tortuosity.
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Panchakshari said:   8 years ago
A river's sinuosity is its tendency to move back and forth across its floodplain, in an S-shaped pattern, over time. As the stream meanders across the flood plain, it may leave behind scars of where the river channel once was.

KAJOL said:   9 years ago
What is sinuosity? Please explain more.

Utpal said:   10 years ago
Sinuosity is the ratio between distance covered by the meander and the straight line distance covered by the meander. It runs from 1.0 for a completely straight river, to 1.5 for a typical meandering river, up to 3.0+ for a twisting course.

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