Which outcome results when extensive deforestation occurs above karst caves?

💡 Explanation

Deforestation increases surface erosion, thereby increasing the amount of sediment entering the karst cave systems via soil infiltration. This is sediment transport, because increased overland flow deposits more material within cave systems, rather than dissolution or altered aquifer dynamics.

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