The characteristics of savant syndrome most directly suggest that intelligence is

a diverse set of distinct abilities

Explanation:

Savant syndrome is a condition in which someone with significant mental disabilities excels at skills generally related to memory.

This syndrome may be due to a change in a gene or genes or due to some kind of damage to the left hemisphere of the brain.

The characteristics of savant syndrome most directly suggest that intelligence is a diverse set of distinct abilities.

loess contribute to the flooding of rivers by providing the silt that is washed into rivers and constantly raises the bed of the rivers. this elevation above the surrounding flood plains and dams allow the river to overwhelm the dams and flood thousand of square miles of neighboring flood plains.