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← GeographyWhich risk increases when high geostrophic stream curvature occurs?
A)Atmospheric river formation offshore✓
B)Tectonic plate boundary shifts
C)Intense coastal upwelling events
D)Increased thermohaline ocean circulation
💡 Explanation
Atmospheric river size grows under such conditions because increased geostrophic curvature often indicates converging moisture fluxes aloft, caused by imbalances in the pressure gradient force across the stream; therefore, increased atmospheric river events, rather than other listed outcomes, result.
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