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How can mountains be weathered?
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February 01, 2009 8:30PM
As you may know, weathering is the process of water constantly wish & washing on rocks and eventually eroding them away. Mountains have constant cold moisture and frozen precipitation on them so they eventually break down, alot slower but over time they surely do.
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