Which outcome occurs when sediment transport capacity decreases within a river meander?

💡 Explanation

An oxbow lake forms through neck cutoff because sediment deposition increases on the meander's inner bank, therefore initiating abandonment which creates an isolated channel, rather than increased erosion or delta formation.

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