Which hazard increases following prolonged saturation within a constructed levee's earthen structure?

💡 Explanation

When a levee becomes saturated over a prolonged period, increased pore water pressure weakens the soil structure, leading to liquefaction during an earthquake because the effective stress diminishes rapidly. Therefore liquefaction risk increases, rather than deposition rate reduction, settlement, or habitat increase, which involve alternative mechanisms.

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