A stack or sea stack is a geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast, formed by wave erosion.<span>[</span>
Need for raw materials because of the plentiful amount that is in Africa, such as gold, diamonds, wood, and coal.
In general, physical weathering from temperature changes is most common on the shorelines, because waves are able to take down rocks that have been weathers. They would be least noticeable inland, in desert areas with little forestation.
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