When deposits of sediment form along a river bed causing the river bed's loop to close off and take a shorter course, a(n) _____ is formed. oxbow lake delta meander fetch

When deposits of sediment form along a river bed causing the river bed's loop to close off and take a shorter course, a(n) _____ is formed. oxbow lake delta meander fetch

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