Which long-term outcome arises after a river erodes the neck of an oxbow lake during annual floods?

💡 Explanation

When a river cuts off the neck of an oxbow lake, flow patterns change because the former channel becomes isolated, causing different sediment deposition patterns. Therefore altered sediment deposition occurs, rather than increased sinuosity, levee formation, or delta acceleration downstream, which depend on other river processes/locations.

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