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The chemical or mechanical process by which rock is gradually broken down eventually becoming soil

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Soil forms continuously, but slowly, from the gradual breakdown of rocks through weathering. Weathering can be a physical, chemical or biological process: physical weathering—breakdown of rocks from the result of a mechanical action.Oct 8, 2013

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