**University of Roorkee, Roorkee, U.P.
*Paper presented for discussion at the Symposium on “Hydraulics and its Application” organised by Malaviya Regional Enginepring College, Jaipur and Institution of Engineers (India) Rajasthan Centre, in December 1967.
The existing methods of designing the distorted river models with movable beds are reviewed critically. Later a simple method, which combines the essential characteristics of Indian approach and approach based on sediment transport, is evolved. An example is solved at the end to illustrate the application.
