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← GeographyMature river meanders can self-seal across their neck, which causes which outcome?
A)Oxbow lake formation via cutoff✓
B)Increased channel sinuosity upstream
C)Enhanced floodplain sediment deposition
D)Accelerated delta subsidence rates
💡 Explanation
Oxbow lakes form when a river's meander bend erodes until the necks meet and the channel straightens, due to the mechanism of meander cutoff; therefore an oxbow lake is left, rather than continued meandering or sediment alterations.
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