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The Appalachian mountains are shrinking becuz of erosin. DUUUUUUU! What are you ppl(people) tinkink because of their age! Didn't you learn ANNYTHINK in elem. school? GOSH!as

=== Actually, they're sinking because of plate tectonics, not erosion. (The Himalyas are growing because of this same process.)

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the appalation mountains have lost much of their height because they are very cold-more than 400 million years old-they have been eroded by the elements. Many peaks are only between 1,200 and 2,400 feet high.

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