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← GeographyWhich risk increases when dune stabilization initiates vegetation growth?
A)Decreased regional aquifer recharge rates✓
B)Reduced sediment supply river deltas
C)Enhanced propagation invasive plant species
D)Amplified dust storm frequency downwind
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Decreased regional aquifer recharge rates increase because the vegetation, enacting evapotranspiration, reduces infiltration rates. Therefore, more water is intercepted rather than absorbed because dune vegetation blocks pathways that otherwise promote percolation into the underground system.
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