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← GeographyWhich outcome results when agricultural irrigation destabilizes an aquifer?
A)Induced sinkhole formation increases✓
B)Glacier calving rates sharply drop
C)Volcanic eruption threat immediately increases
D)Oceanic thermohaline circulation decreases
💡 Explanation
Increased irrigation can cause preferential dissolution, speeding up the process by which soluble bedrock erodes. This increase in dissolution is because water table fluctuations destabilize the rock; therefore, sinkhole formation increases, rather than processes on continental ice or volcanism.
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