Which risk increased dramatically in 3rd millennium BCE Mesopotamian settlement canals that used flow constrictors?

💡 Explanation

Increased sediment deposition upstream occurs because reducing the canal cross-sectional area decreases flow velocity at constrictors, increasing settling via Stokes' Law. Therefore deposition increases, rather than decreasing water supply because capacity becomes sediment-limited rather than volume-limited.

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