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← GeographyWhich risk greatly increases after pyroclastic flows deposit material onto a watershed?
A)Severe flash flooding downstream increases✓
B)Glaciers begin rapid, irreversible descent
C)Widespread sinkhole development accelerates onset
D)Formation rate of placer deposits quickens
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Pyroclastic material deposited increases flood risk because the process of sediment bulking causes a rapid increase in the volume of runoff during rain events; therefore flooding increases, rather than slower glacial changes or sinkhole erosion.
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