Which outcome occurs when heavy rainfall saturates floodplains?

💡 Explanation

Increased saturation leads to greater river channel instability; this triggers accelerated meander migration by lateral erosion, aiding cutoff and oxbow lake formation because bend curvature amplifies, therefore oxbows arise rather than delta shrinking, stabilization, or easy levee construction.

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