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the scenic route that water takes when it's in no hurry to die in the sea
means To wander or move in a slow, winding, aimless way — whether it's a river curving across a valley or a person rambling through a conversation.
from From the Latin maeander, itself from the Greek Maiandros — the name of a famously twisty river in what is now western Turkey, whose looping bends were so notorious that the river's own name became the word for wandering.
named riverFrom Turkey's twisty Menderes River, ancient byword for wandering
self-erasingLoops tighten until rivers strangle themselves into oxbow lakes
never straightEven on flat ground, flowing water refuses to go direct
greek artThe endless key-pattern border decorating temples and togas
migrationBig meanders slowly crawl downstream, devouring farmland over decades