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Roots of Mother Appalachia (mander.xyz)

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https://www.cntraveler.com/story/appalachian-mountains-may-have-once-been-as-tall-as-the-himalayas

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[–] uniqueid198x 105 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Small? The Appalachians today are the resting skeleton of a mountain range so tall and enduring that the mud and sand that washed off them piled miles high and formed the Catskill mountains. The Appalachians were so mighty that their garbage formed mountains

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Isn't Appalachia part of the Andes too, or are they unrelated?

[–] uniqueid198x 10 points 2 years ago

Completely unrelated. North and south america wern't attached when the appalachians were tall. The Andes are formed by an ocean plate (the Nazca plate) dragging as it is sucked under south america. They are tall, and still growing taller.

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