A large flood in a river may cause abrupt shifts leading to the carving of a new channel. The point at which this change occurs is a(n)
A) type of dynamic equilibrium condition.
B) type of metastable equilibrium.
C) threshold.
D) input.
Answer: C) threshold.
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