# The ditch walls show a rolling, rounded profile and deep vertical fissures that Schoch reads as…

> The ditch walls show a rolling, rounded profile and deep vertical fissures that Schoch reads as precipitation-induced weathering.

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# The ditch walls show a rolling, rounded profile and deep vertical fissures that Schoch reads as…

The ditch walls show a rolling, rounded profile and deep vertical fissures that Schoch reads as precipitation-induced weathering.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[Long periods of rainfall and runoff, in a wetter climate before the dynastic period, cut the rounded profile…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/answers/ANS0CTWSMHW519G/long-periods-of-rainfall-and-runoff-in-a-wetter-climate)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The ditch walls show a rolling, rounded profile and deep vertical fissures that Schoch reads as… [Evidence EVD0CTWSMSP3ZY5]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0CTWSMSP3ZY5
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