Which mechanism establishes a meandering stream pattern flowing across a coastal plain with uniform sediment?

A)Differential erosion amplifies slight bends✓

B)Regional tilting causes asymmetric deposition

C)Rip currents locally redirect stream flow

D)Storm surge increases sediment suspension

💡 Explanation

When a stream flows across a uniform plain, minor variations in its original course lead to differential erosion because water flows faster on the outer bends, eroding sediment, and slower on inner bends, depositing sediment, amplifying the bends. Therefore, the stream meanders, rather than asymmetric deposition, redirection by rip currents, or sudden surge increases because these require separate large-scale causes.

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Which mechanism establishes a meandering stream pattern flowing across a coastal plain with uniform sediment?

💡 Explanation

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