where does mud come from??

Question

i mean, on say, time time they always have to dig down to get to old stuff, so where does the mud that covers it come from?? It cant just be washed off the higher ground otherwise the hills would only be clean rock by now?? so where does it come from??????

but what about soil in general?? where does it come from??

soil, mud, dirt, its all the same thing but what is it made out of? where does it come from??

but dust is just dry mud blown up in the wind! so that is already mud. where does all the mud come from? Someone asked me at work and normally i know most things so its driving me nuts!! help.

Answer 1

Mud is dirt which has been made wet by the rain, that's all mud is.

Answer 2

Ever notice the dust that accumulates on your car when it's been sitting for a few days? That's where the mud comes from. Imagine an object sitting for thousands of years without being cleaned. The dust accumulates, and the occasional rains wash the mud to lower places, eventually burying the object.

Answer 3

It's either mud (soil + water) from the water table in the ground or it's just moisture left over from precipitation that happened earlier that makes it when it mixes with dirt that deposited over the dig site..