Which outcome occurs when a meander stream encounters a resistant rock layer during downcutting?

💡 Explanation

Entrenched meanders develop, because the downcutting stream maintains its course while encountering resistance, which creates incised loops where the *downcutting erosion* mechanism happens; therefore the stream erodes vertically, rather than laterally forming braided channels or oxbows.

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