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← HistoryWhich outcome occurred when pre-Columbian Andean farmers cultivated steep mountain slopes with terraced farming?
A)Increased topsoil erosion during heavy rainfall
B)Enhanced microclimate regulation for crop diversity✓
C)Diminished water infiltration to root systems
D)Reduced labor demand due to leveled fields
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When Andean farmers used terraced farming on slopes, they created level platforms which disrupted wind patterns and absorbed solar radiation differently from open slopes, thus enhancing microclimate regulation for crop diversity. Therefore enhanced microclimate regulation resulted, rather than increased erosion, diminished infiltration or reduced labor which contradict effects from complex terrace systems.
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