(Not sure about the flair.. sorry)
Wooden beams in earth (like with fences) rot over the years and break.
I was under the impression that this was because of water.
Shouldn’t Venice “sink” because of rotten beams?
In: Earth Science
The conditions of the surrounding soil actually protect the wood from rotting, the dense mud/sediment and lack of oxygen won’t allow any life forms to decompose the wood. The same phenomenon (over millions of years) is also what [turns wood into stone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrified_wood).
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