Which outcome occurs when a river's competence reduces significantly at the base of a mountain range, leading to deposition?

💡 Explanation

An alluvial fan is created by sediment deposition. This occurs because reduced flow competence causes sediments to drop out of suspension via sedimentation, therefore creating coalescing fan-shaped deposits, rather than the river maintaining its carrying capacity.

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