Which risk increases when increased sedimentation causes oxbow lake formation in a river system?

💡 Explanation

When sedimentation leads to oxbow lake formation, decreased channel sinuosity concentrates flow energy laterally because reduced path length increases shear stress on banks, resulting in bank erosion and migration. Therefore lateral channel migration increases, rather than decreased infiltration, or reduced hyporheic exchange, which have different mechanisms.

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