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← GeographyWhich outcome occurs when prolonged continental aridity limits vegetation?
A)Extensive loess deposition downwind occurs✓
B)Increased chemical weathering rates prevail
C)Regional water tables rapidly recover
D)Soil organic matter accumulation increases
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Extensive loess deposition occurs because aeolian processes remove fine silt and clay particles via deflation concentrating it elsewhere. This occurs because limited vegetation reduces soil cohesion, therefore increasing wind erodibility and loess production rather than stabilization.
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