Which risk increases following alluvial terrace abandonment near a waterway?

💡 Explanation

Slope instability increases because the reduced deposition from the waterway causes increased differential weathering and therefore higher rates of gully erosion, rather than an increase in soil salinity or aquifer decline under the terrace.

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