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← GeographyWhich landscape feature develops when sustained katabatic winds enhance deflation?
A)Desert pavement formation✓
B)Increased alluvial fan deposition
C)Decreased chemical weathering rates
D)Expansion of evaporite flats
💡 Explanation
Desert pavement emerges because intense, persistent katabatic winds selectively remove fine particles via deflation. It leaves behind coarser materials like gravel and cobbles, therefore creating a protective armored surface, rather than deposition which is associated with different mechanisms.
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