Answer
How high can a retaining wall be?
Low walls are straightforward; higher ones (often above ~1 metre) need engineering design.
In short
Low retaining walls are straightforward, but as height increases so do the forces, and a higher wall, often above around a metre, needs proper engineering design and sometimes building control input. We engineer retaining walls to the height and the ground rather than guessing, so they hold.
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