What is the geological name for the path that the Mississippi River takes as it flows into the Gulf of Mexico

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Ryanjdillon · Answer 1 · 2021-07-02T12:27:00+0000

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avulsion

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Through a process which is known as avulsion or delta switching, the lower Mississippi River has shifted its final course to the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico every thousand years or so.

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