• Migration of the channel forms lateral accretions as it moves across the floodplain
  • Depositional surfaces build perpendicular to flow
  •  Channel migration forms cross stratification
  • Some sedimentary features found in the accretionary deposits include dunes and ripples
  • Rivers and streams abandon their channels as they migrate
 
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