Which hydrological outcome results when levee height decreases along a river's course?

💡 Explanation

Increased floodplain inundation is caused by decreased levee height, thus leading to overbank flow inundating lower elevation points downstream, because river stage overtops diminished containment; therefore, flooding increases, rather than sediment retention or channel regulation.

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