Which consequence results when rapid groundwater withdrawal accelerates?

💡 Explanation

Increased groundwater withdrawal promotes land collapse via depressurization; this accelerates mechanical weathering, resulting in intensified sinkhole formation, because unsaturated karst landscapes lack the buoyant support. Therefore, sinkholes destabilize slopes locally, rather than changing distant waterways.

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