Most people believe that the landscape is
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, but Earth is a
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body with a continually
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surface. There are 2 principal influences that shape the
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: constructive process such as
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and
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forces such as erosion.
Hills and mountains are often regarded as the
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of permanence. But, interestingly enough, the higher a mountain is, the more
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it was formed. Lower mountains tend to be
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and are often the eroded
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of much higher mountain chains.
The earth"s crust is thought to be divided into huge,
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segments, called plates, which
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on a soft plastic layer of rocks. Some mountains are formed as a result of these crustal plates
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into each other, and forcing up the rock at the plate
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. Some mountains may be raised by
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or formed as a result of
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activity.
Any landscape represents only a
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stage in the continuous
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between different forces. The main agent of erosion is
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. The landscape is continually eroded by rain, ice, tree roots and
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.