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There are two water-related erosional process at work here:
The exhumation of main sandstone blocks caused by heavy rainfall, incising channels and carrying away the loose debris for deposition elsewhere as "sand".
Formation of weather resistant surfaces caused by dissolution and re-precipation of iron-rich minerals.
You often see this process ...
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