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← GeographyAlong coastal deserts, which effect increases due to the Coriolis effect and prevailing winds?
A)Upwelling of nutrient-rich cold water✓
B)Increased formation of offshore glaciers
C)Reduced coastal fog occurrence frequency
D)Intensified onshore storm surge events
💡 Explanation
Coriolis effect deflects coastal winds, resulting in offshore water movement and coastal upwelling, which brings cold, nutrient-dense waters to the surface; this occurs because wind-driven surface currents are deflected, therefore, upwelling increases, rather than causing glacier formation or storm surge.
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