Which outcome results when organic matter accumulates during soil pedogenesis?

💡 Explanation

Enhanced cation exchange occurs because humification, a form of pedogenesis, increases the surface area and negative charge in soil colloids via organic compounds; therefore, enhanced ion retention results, rather than lower stability or albedo changes.

• Which effect accelerates during peak river discharge events on artificially raised levees?
• Which factor decreases when levees confine alluvial river flow?
• Which mechanism causes the prevailing surface wind direction in temperate zones to be westerly rather than directly poleward?
• Which outcome occurs when prolonged continental aridity limits vegetation?
• Which outcome increases when constructed river levees cause channel incision?
• Along a continental coastline experiencing seasonal rainfall differences regulated by orographic lift, which change accelerates sediment plume formation in coastal streams?