Upriver sediment load decrease causes increased channel sinuosity, producing which feature?

💡 Explanation

Reduced competent sediment transport downstream causes increased meandering, specifically lateral erosion creating river loops, accelerating the **avulsion process**; therefore exaggerated oxbow formation results, rather than braiding or deposition increases, which relate to different flow characteristics.

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