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What is the movement speed of old rivers?

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Old-stage rivers flow very slowly through a very broad, flat floodplain that is curved. A river in this stage mostly erodes its sides causing changes in its meanders, like the Mississippi. Meanders can eventually be cut off forming Oxbow lakes.

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