Which risk increases when a cutoff process shortens a fluvial meander?

💡 Explanation

River avulsions become more likely because meander cutoffs ( oxbow formation) causes channel slope increases; therefore, stream power concentrates, leading to rapid erosion driving potential sudden changes in the main channel's course; rather than gradual shifts.

• Which effect results when strike-slip motion along oceanic transform faults abruptly ceases?
• Which process determines fjord sill depth after glacial retreat ceases and sea levels stabilize?
• Which process sustains hydrothermal vent ecosystems along mid-ocean ridge transform faults?
• Which erosional process primarily initiates stream meander formation within an alluvial floodplain environment?
• Which process dominates sea stack formation given consistent wave action?
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