Which risk increases following saturation of earth ramparts?

💡 Explanation

Hydrostatic failure risk rises when ramparts saturate because pore water pressure increases via increased fluid pressure, exceeding effective stress causing the structure to fail internally; therefore structural collapse is likely rather than increased strength.

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