The paper describes a hydrodynamic stability analysis of the flow in an alluvial channel in which dunes have developed along the bed. The purpose is to develop a mathematical model describing the three-dimensional flow leading to instability of an originally straight channel. The model offers an explanation of the fact that some channels tend to meander, others to braid.
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Engelund et al. (1973) studied this question.
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