Which risk increases substantially as terminal alluvial fans coalesce?

💡 Explanation

Diminished recharge increases because interfan areas with finer sediments are buried, reducing infiltration; therefore, recharge decreases rather than increasing geothermal stability or affecting weathering because this process primarily changes water flow pathways; The mechanism at play here is sediment sorting.

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