Show so what keeps em up although it infrequently fails as in a couple of cases in colorado there is a tremendous natural force that keeps mountains right where they are deah geologists 0 fists refer to it by a mouth fid ul of f word am this is force is what keeps the majority of those huge rocks piled high in heap heaps we call mountains coming from the greek word meaning equal balance prevents the weight of the mountains from sinking them to the same level aa as the surrounding prairies and plateaus wind snow and ice are constantly cl chipping upping away at the mountains and rivers carry the debris to the ocean according to geological principals this added weight pushes down on the ocean floor with great pressure and solid rock far beneath the earths surface is pushed by the pressure directly back beneath the mountains so theres a hump OB on the horizon over millions of years the mountains lose weight by erosion from their crests but solid rock moves right back underneath them and the prairies nearby remain at about the sam same tevel level fuel oil Is consumed in most home oil burners without ever having been seen or touched by human beings on its long trip from the depths of the earth to the users storage tank |