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Originally Posted by Boomerang
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Note: Most roads in the Amazon rainforest are unpaved! They only really need grading after each rain season, and without those rains would last several years without needing regrading. Even then it's the traffic that would erode the road the fastest. It takes at least a decade for trees and ground flora to encroach on a decently cut
unused dirt road. It really is rain and use that damage them fastest... and after one good rainy season a dirt road is
almost useless*, except that it's still pretty clear of underbrush (fallen trees and such thoguh would be a hazard).
* It's still driveable in flat lands. It's hills and mountains where wash outs will actually remove the road and return it to a slope. Even a well paved road can be washed out in a severe storm if it hasn't been properly maintained for years.