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| Title: | Stream Processes and Floodplain Development. |
| Caption: | This animation shows how a stream can gradually widen a narrow valley. Eventually the valley develops into a mature floodplain, with an oxbow lake and a meander scar. An inset animation illustrates the formation of an undercut bank and a point bar. |
| Keywords: | rivers, river systems, streams, deposition, sediments, floodplains, oxbow lakes, meanders, meander scars, point bars, natural levees, backswamps, alluvial terraces, yazoo tributaries, yazoo streams |