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Identify the type of weathering from the following description

Some animals live inside the ground by making burrows.

Biological weathering

Explanation


Biological weathering occurs because of the actions of the flora, fauna and human interferences. It results in the decomposition of the components due to the biological processes involved with the expansion of the activities of the living organisms. The growth of plants, the penetration of their roots, diffusion of rotten plant and animal cells, burrowing of animals, the spread of algae, moss, lichen and many other human interferences are the major causes of biological weathering.


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