Which outcome arises because deflation lowers sediment supply?

💡 Explanation

Ventifact formation by abrasion requires a supply of windblown sediment; deflation reducing readily available sediment disrupts availability and the mechanism, therefore less ventifact landscape formation downwind occurs, rather than other broad effects.

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