Which outcome results when intense rainfall strikes thick loess deposits?

💡 Explanation

Intense rainfall saturates the unconsolidated loess, causing slope failure via its collapsibility, because water weakens the internal structure under gravity and therefore leading to catastrophic mass wasting. This is a mass wasting process rather than altering water chemistry or glacial activity.

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