A field of talus or scree on a mountain slope


A field of talus or scree on a mountain slope, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italian Alps Talus also known as scree is rock that has broken off of mountain faces due to erosion frost heaving or other disturbances Lichen are the first organisms to live on the bare rock in the process known as primary ecological succession


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