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Why do deserts experience less chemical weathering than other areas?
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Chemical weathering needs moisture and deserts generally lack this ingredient.
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Which area on the earth is likely to have the highest rates of weathering both mechanical and chemical?
Tropical areas experience the highest rate of mechanical and chemical weathering of rock.
In which areas chemical weathering is slow?
Chemical weathering is slowest in cold, arid regions.
Which areas are affected by chemical weathering?
coastal areas
Can chemical weathering occurs faster in deserts than in rainforests?
Yes, but very little in relation to wetter areas. Most weathering in deserts is due to mechanical weathering processes, such as plant root growth, frost heaving, and most importantly, abrasion from windblown particles.
What areas would experience the most weathering?
Hig
Do areas with little rain have more chemical weathering?
No.
Why chemical weathering would not be rapid in antarctica?
Because it's cold and dry and chemical weathering usually happens in warm and wet areas like the tropical areas
Chemical weathering is highest in areas that are?
very warm and wet
Chemical weathering happens more slowly in what areas?
dry areas.that is mainly in desert areas.
Why does chemical weathering proceed slowly in a hot desert?
Chemical weathering requires water to speed it up. Since there is little water in the desert, it is a slow process compared to weathering in more humid areas.
What causes mechanical weathering to take place the fastest?
It depends on the location. Dry warm areas will experience more wind erosion than a wet tropical area. Seasonal cold/warm areas will experience more frost weathering than the first two areas mentioned. Wet tropical areas will experience more erosion from plant growth than other areas.
When large areas of continents are covered by ice what happens to the rate of chemical weathering?
they freeze to death
