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If You Followed a River from Its Headwaters Downstream to the Ocean,you

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If you followed a river from its headwaters downstream to the ocean,you would observe the water clarity decrease because


A) the saltation load would increase.
B) the amount of clay due to weathering increases as does the load and influx of sediment into the river.
C) there is little bed load transport in the mountains.
D) suspended and solution load are greatest in the mountains and decrease as the river enters less steep territory.
E) all material settles out of the flow toward the river mouth and biotic activity increases,increasing the water clarity.

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