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Rings on 13-Aug-2012 At 9:04:53 AM wombly

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>If you broke the habit of a lifetime and thought for a second, it might occur to you that >there was a drought for 8/9 years from 2000 onwards. (I'll go slowly for you on this.) >Topsoil gets dried out and blown away in a drought. Especially on a path (er, as at the >base of this climb) where people break up the dirt with their feet.

Or alternatively, rain is the larger erosion hazard in regions such as Mt York where there's a reasonable vegetation cover, in which case the 10 year drought would mean lower rates of soil loss. *in general* wind erosion is generally pretty minor in and around the blueys, except at times when the veg coverage is reduced (e.g. during bushfires, or during ice ages when veg is punished by cold). The trampling effect is still very strong though.