If the Inca empire abruptly experienced prolonged intense freezing temperatures, which consequence would most likely affect agricultural terracing?

💡 Explanation

Ice lens heave would occur because water expands upon freezing below the surface, exerting pressure that displaces and disrupts the terraced soil, thereby degrading their structure rather than expansion joint problems or oxidation in the topsoil.

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