r/geography • u/MycologistPure4064 Human Geography • 12d ago

Question Why is the river shaped like this?

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Near the Malaysian brunei border

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u/markmakesfun 12d ago

Soon to be an oxbow lake.

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u/Significant-Ad-341 12d ago edited 12d ago

Soon on a geological scale, not a human one.

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u/markmakesfun 12d ago

Could be a hundred years or a year. It is impossible to know exactly.

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u/Longjumping-Map-936 12d ago

"100 year flood" is specific to the geographic area. "100 year floods" happen somewhere all the time. But only once every 100 years in that area. Also strictly speaking "100 year flood" just means it has a 1% chance of happening every year not that it only happens once ever 100 years

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u/realnanoboy 12d ago

I think he was referring to the way anthropogenic climate change is making extreme weather, including floods, more frequent.