Which mechanism influences stream meandering in the mid-latitudes due to Earth's rotation?

💡 Explanation

When streams flow in mid-latitudes, the Coriolis effect deflects moving water to the right in the northern hemisphere resulting in greater force against the right bank amplifying erosion. Therefore erosion amplifying on the right bank leads to meandering, rather than deposition, evaporation differences, or mineral deposition which require fundamentally different mechanisms.

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