Which risk increases along a floodplain when alluvial mining removes substantial sediment?

💡 Explanation

Increased river avulsion frequency occurs because sediment removal reduces the floodplain's resistance to channel migration. Fluvial avulsion is more likely; therefore, the river jumps its banks more often, rather than staying within its existing channel.

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