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← GeographyWhich landscape outcome primarily relies on alluvial river progradation?
A)Delta formation at river mouths✓
B)Formation of deep canyon structures
C)Glacier carving steep U-shaped valleys
D)Volcanic mountain edifice construction
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Delta formation depends on sediment deposition by the river extending outward, because progradation, a type of aggradation, results in the alluvial sediments building outward into a standing body of water; therefore deltas grow, rather than land being carved.
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