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Why are older mountains and volcanoes smaller than younger ones?
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∙ 14y ago
This is not always true. However, it depends on the placement between the mountain/volcano, and the placement of the tectonic lines of the tectonic plates floating underneath the earth's surface.
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Why are older mountains smaller than younger mountains?
They've had longer periods of time with weathering, and have rounded, and eroded down to it's roots. That is why older mountains are smaller than younger mountains.
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Why are older mountains smaller than younger mountains?
They've had longer periods of time with weathering, and have rounded, and eroded down to it's roots. That is why older mountains are smaller than younger mountains.
What makes older mountains rounder and smaller than newer mountains?
Erosion wears mountains down, making them smaller and rounder.
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Why does a younger boyfriend treat his older girlfriend like a child?
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Are high mountains older or younger than low mountains?
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Are the Himalayas younger than the Pangaea?
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Appalachian mountains are older or younger than pangaea?
The Appalachians are younger than Pangaea because they were formed during the process in which North America removed itself from Pangaea and into the west.
Did Hitler have older or younger siblings?
He had older and younger siblings.
Are the Appalachian mountains older than the rocky mountains?
The Appalachians are older than the rocky mountains because of the fact that the Appalachians are smaller in size proving that the Appalachians have had longer to have been worn away by weathering also please do not just copy and paste you will learn nothing...
