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As every day million of years complete.....so does soil formation takes place everyday ?

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Soil is the thin layer of material covering the earth’s surface and is formed from the weathering of rocks. It is made up mainly of mineral particles, organic materials, air, water and living organisms—all of which interact slowly yet constantly.
It takes a long time for soil to develop. For example, once rock is exposed in a warm, humid climate, it may take a hundred years for mosses and lichens to take hold. They trap dust and organic matter and break down the rock. Within a few hundred years, grasses and shrubs become established. Roots begin to penetrate the rocks and accelerate physical and chemical weathering. Over thousands of years, climate, organisms and topography influence how parent materials are turned into soils.

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