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← HistoryDue to the Euphrates high silt content in Mesopotamian canals, which outcome developed without regular dredging using the Archimedes screw?
A)Reduced irrigation flow rates✓
B)Increased risk of flash floods
C)Structural collapse of canal beds
D)Elevated water salinity levels
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Reduced irrigation results because sedimentation causes reduced flow, and the blockage decreases the canal width; therefore, irrigation declines, rather than flooding, because blockage slows the water, not increases its volume, altering canal composition.
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