Which outcome develops as Lateral Erosion narrows an oxbow lake neck to the point of breaching during floods?

💡 Explanation

A cutoff meander forms because lateral erosion reduces the neck's width until a flood breaches it, thus altering the river’s course through avulsion; therefore, the river takes the shorter, steeper path rather than the longer meander loop.

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