Which irrigation outcome occurs when early terrace farming lacked drainage?

💡 Explanation

Increased soil salinity occurs because capillary action transports salts upwards without removal due to impeded drainage, therefore excess salt accumulates, rather than nutrients being merely depleted or crops failing outright from lack of water.

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