Which risk increases when poorly consolidated levee sections experience rapid drawdown?

💡 Explanation

Exaggerated internal seepage and erosion increase when rapid drawdown occurs because the hydraulic gradient within the levee increases, leading to soil particle transport – a process called piping – therefore weakening its structural integrity, rather than seismic or atmospheric effects.

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