Which outcome occurs when rapid snowmelt overwhelms levees?

💡 Explanation

Decreased sediment deposition downstream occurs because when snowmelt surpasses capacity, the levee systems fail via overtopping; this invokes a decrease in flow energy reaching depositional areas due to upstream flooding, rather than concentrated channel flow necessary for sediment transport downstream.

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