It needn't even be that much of a cheat! There are empirically validated equations that can '1-dimensionally' model river meander evolution. https://www.osti.g

It needn't even be that much of a cheat! There are empirically validated equations that can '1-dimensionally' model river meander evolution. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1018448 https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1018448 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1029/2018WR023639 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.102...