Which outcome occurs when vegetation removal alters longshore currents?

💡 Explanation

Removal of coastal vegetation reduces soil cohesion, therefore wave energy reaches the shore unrestricted, increasing coastal erosion rates because the vegetation no longer dissipates wave energy. A decrease in sedimentation would occur with reduced erosion, rather than enhanced.

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