Mountains are like big, slow-moving blocks of stone that don’t get tired. They stay up because the Earth’s crust is pushing them from below and they’re not falling down fast enough to feel it yet. It's like stacking building blocks, you can push on one side, but the whole tower stays up for a long time.
Examples
- A stack of blocks pushed gently from one side
- A tree growing slowly on top of a hill for hundreds of years
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See also
- Why Do Mountains Form?
- Why Do Mountains Change Shape?
- Why Do Mountains Look So Different Around the World?
- Why Do Mountains Rise and Fall?
- Why Do Mountains Change Shape Over Time?