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← GeographyWhich geographic anomaly results because polar front intensification?
A)Increased meandering river streamflow patterns✓
B)Strengthened equatorial ocean upwelling cycles
C)Weakened thermohaline ocean circulation
D)Expanded subtropical desert vegetation zones
💡 Explanation
Intensification increases Rossby wave amplitude; meanders increase because momentum transfer amplifies within streams causing shifts in the jet stream's latitude patterns. Therefore, the streamflow changes, rather than altered currents, desert expansion, or ocean upwelling cycles.
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