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and the depletion of the area's trees, as the sheep feast on new seedlings. Today, many of the area's trees grow in places that are too steep for sheep to reach. The plants of the Sierra de los
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170:Guatemala
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419:highland
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433:History
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391:erosion
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262:Nahuatl
190:Geology
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