|Question 26Verbal

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- A U-shaped curve in a river channel is called a meander.
- A meander forms when water erodes sediment from one side of the riverbank and redeposits that sediment on the opposite side.
- Meanders will gradually change shape and migrate downstream over time.
- A river with high sinuosity has many meanders, and a river with low sinuosity has few.
- The Willapa River in the United States has high sinuosity.
The student wants to identify what causes meanders. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
The erosion and redepositing of sediment from one side of a riverbank to the other forms meanders, or curves, over time.
A
High sinuosity is caused by the formation of many meanders, or curves, in a riverbank over time.
B
Over time, many meanders have formed in the Willapa River, a river in the United States with high sinuosity.
C
The meanders in the Willapa River will change shape and shift downstream over time.
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