Which outcome occurs after an extended drought stresses 17th-century Mughal garden aqueducts?

💡 Explanation

Salt efflorescence increases because sustained evaporation via capillary action causes dissolved salts to migrate and precipitate on sandstone surfaces above channels via capillary action. This increases structural stresses, therefore weakening the stone, rather than strengthening it.

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