Which risk increases when ziggurat drainage channels clog?

💡 Explanation

Clogged channels prevent rainwater runoff managing salts dissolved in the mud-brick; capillary action causes salt crystallization due to evaporative CONCENTRATION weakening the facade of the Ziggurat, because salts expand. Therefore accelerated weathering, rather than structural issues, becomes the dominant failure mode.

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