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Arada [10]
4 years ago
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Why does soil take so long to form?

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Nadya [2.5K]4 years ago
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The time needed to form a soil depends on the latitude: in environments characterized by a mild climate, it takes 200-400 years<span> to form 1 cm of soil. in wet tropical areas soil formation is faster, as it takes</span>200 years<span>. in order to accumulate enough substances to make a soil fertile it takes </span>3000 years<span>.

Hope it helps! :-)</span>
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First, we find the spring constant of the spring. For this purpose, we have the following data:

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