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← GeographyWhich risk increases when localized uplift near karst cave systems causes surface stream incision?
A)Speleothem growth rate reduction
B)Increased sediment deposition within cave
C)Accelerated cave system collapse✓
D)Decreased groundwater flow to caves
💡 Explanation
Accelerated cave collapse increases because stream incision lowers the water table, expanding the vadose zone and destabilizing cave roofs via increased weathering. Rather than hindering speleothem growth because saturation declines; therefore collapse.
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