Which outcome is amplified when glacial meltwater discharge overwhelms existing stream channels?

💡 Explanation

Glacial meltwater pulses cause floodplain inundation because increased flow exceeds channel capacity, causing extensive Hydraulic jumps. This large inundation happens, rather than channel incision, because sediments are mobile and redistributed, rather than uniformly entrained.

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