The Big Bend is a large

meander A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank ( cut bank) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex bank ...

of the Missouri River in

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, now impounded by the Big Bend Dam, to its south, as part of Lake Sharpe. The meander is about long and at its narrowest, its neck is about wide. The land within the bend and on its right bank is part of the Lower Brule Indian Reservation, while the land on the left bank is part of the Crow Creek Indian Reservation. The

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passes through Big Bend.

External references

* National Park Service, "Big Bend of the Missouri

* Discovering Lewis & Clark, "The Big Bend of the Missouri

* Big Bend Boating & Recreation Map

* Missouri River Commission map, 189

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Missouri River Geography of South Dakota {{Missouri River