Within desert ecosystems, which outcome results when surface cohesion decreases and wind velocity increases?

💡 Explanation

Increased 'deflation' occurs, because winds erode less consolidated surfaces via particle detachment and transport; therefore ventifact formation increases, rather than dune formation, which is a depositional process occurring with vegetation influence or deposition slowdown.

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