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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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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it is called a delta....answer is B

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