Geography
Assertion (A): In the lower course of the river all the ideal conditions for depositional landforms exist.
Reason (R): The load-transporting capacity is drastically reduced due to sluggish flow as well as division of a river into many distributaries.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but R does not explain A.
- A is true but R is false.
- A is false but R is true.
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Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Explanation — The load-transporting capacity is drastically reduced due to sluggish flow as well as division of a river into many distributaries. This is why deposition becomes dominant in the lower course of the river.
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