Which mechanism causes braided stream formation across an alluvial plain after rapid glacial retreat?

💡 Explanation

When a glacier rapidly retreats, increased sediment load is released because meltwater's capacity to transport material is exceeded, causing rivers to destabilize and form braided channels. Therefore increased sediment load results, rather than stabilising vegetation channel, slope change, or lower discharge which promote single-channel flow.

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