Which outcome resulted from pre-Columbian Andean terrace farming during periods of heavy rainfall?

💡 Explanation

When heavy rainfall occurred, terraced farms utilized a stepped gradient to minimize surface runoff via kinetic dissipation, promoting infiltration which saturated the farm to reduce flooding, and trapping soil instead of losing it through water erosion. Therefore infiltration and reduced erosion occurred benefiting crops, rather than waterlogging, salinity, or depletion, because of maximized gravitational force preventing erosion.

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