What increased geomorphological process results when vegetation is removed from an alluvial floodplain?

A)Increased deposition of coarse sediment

B)Enhanced rates of lateral channel migration✓

C)Stabilization of existing terrace surfaces

D)Reduced frequency of overbank flooding

💡 Explanation

When vegetation is removed, the protection against erosion is diminished, triggering increased bank erosion because root structures no longer bind soil, increasing lateral channel migration. Therefore, enhanced rates of lateral channel migration result, rather than deposition, stabilization or reduced flooding, which require vegetation to perform those stabilization functions.

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What increased geomorphological process results when vegetation is removed from an alluvial floodplain?

💡 Explanation

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