Meteorites can make large depressions on Earth's surface when they make impact. Why are so few of these depressions visible on Earth's surface?
Meteorites can make large depressions on Earth's surface when they make impact. Why are so few of these depressions visible on Earth's surface?
Since Earth's surface is mostly water, it is difficult for a meteorite to make a depression that can be seen.
Meteorites often became buried underground after impact, so the actual depression is filled by the meteorite.
Earth's surface is constantly changing its' topography due to volcanic activity, or processes such as weathering, erosion, and deposition.
Since humans were not around when these meteorite impacts occurred, we don't know where to look.