Repeated flooding outside a stream channel and across an entire floodplain can result in a pair of low ridges on either side of a stream termed
A) cut banks.
B) natural levees.
C) pirated streams.
D) oxbow lakes.

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These low ridges are known as natural levees and form due to repeated flooding outside the stream channel on the floodplain. Cut banks are steep banks formed by erosion from the stream channel, pirated streams are streams that divert flow from another stream, and oxbow lakes are formed when a meander is cut off from the main channel. None of these options describe the formation of low ridges on either side of a stream.

Repeated Flooding Outside a Stream Channel and Across an Entire