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Which benefit did chinampa construction provide to Mesoamerican agriculture, specifically mitigating which risk?

A)Frost damage via geothermal heating
B)Topsoil erosion from intense rainfall
C)Weed infestation by facilitating crop rotation
D)Nutrient depletion through seasonal flooding

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Chinampas, artificial islands in shallow lake beds, facilitated intensive agriculture by the mechanism of constant nutrient resupply because of seasonal/annual flooding bringing nutrient-rich sediment. Therefore overcoming nutrient depletion due to intensive farming results, rather than frost damage, erosion or weed issues which are addressed by different agriculture mechanisms.

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