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changing its course greatly, suddenly to a different general direction (in an angle of around 90 degrees). It is different from most (one-off)
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in that they were particularly suitable for trade and defense, and therefore gave rise to forts, governing army camps or cities.
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Some riverbends are in some places referred to "knees" but are bends largely unaffecting the course or a small sharp meander:
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which connotes one of several bends in a sinuous course, without changing the general direction.
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Many major world rivers have such a notable knee close to major settled places:
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Knees navigable by large vessels or set in upland areas or arid
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Index

river
riverbends
meander
drainage basins
confluences
Rhine knee
Basel
Switzerland
German
Wiesbaden
Bingen
Danube knee
Vác
Hungary
Budapest
Volgograd
Russia
Rhône
Martigny
Switzerland
Moncton
New Brunswick
Canada
Mandalay
Prague
Czech Republic
Königstein Fortress
Germany
Düsseldorf
Germany

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