Which risk increases when Inca terracing loses structural integrity?

💡 Explanation

Instability causes increased potential energy that converts to kinetic energy, because terracing supports soil mass using countering frictional forces. The mechanism is slope instability therefore, mass gravity downslope movement occurs, rather than errors related to recording, hydration or localized anoxia.

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