Which risk increases when poorly maintained terraces experience prolonged rainfall on the Andes mountains?

💡 Explanation

When terraces face prolonged rainfall and lack proper maintenance such as drainage channels, increasing hydrostatic pressure will facilitate downhill slope destabilization causing landslips and accelerated sedimentation. Therefore sediment deposition increases, rather than increased crop disease, reduced solar exposure or soil salinity which have different primary causes.

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