Which risk increases within a coastal estuary when freshwater streams experience prolonged reduced flow?

💡 Explanation

Reduced stream flow decreases freshwater input, therefore the salt wedge intrusion strengthens, consequently increasing the strength of density stratification because less mixing occurs; rather than reducing stratification which requires freshwater influence.

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