Which risk dramatically increased during the Inca bridge construction given reliance on plant-fiber ropes?

💡 Explanation

Degradation was especially high because plant fibers are organic material. Thus, the primary consequence of environmental weathering via oxidation and microbial decay greatly weakened bridges, rather than sudden mechanical stress or geological shifts.

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