Which landscape feature develops when a river's meander erodes through its neck on an alluvial plain?

💡 Explanation

When a river's meander erodes through its neck on an alluvial plain, the abandoned channel is cut off because sediment deposition seals off the ends, forming an oxbow lake. Therefore oxbow lake formation results, rather than braided streams, levees or terraces which arise via different alluvial deposition processes.

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