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  2. Petroform - Wikipedia

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    Large rocks are very permanent, thereby helping to pass along certain memories, knowledge, and wisdom. Some large boulders in North America have long stories that relate to the area and a memory about that place. A large boulder, sitting alone, catches the eye as a major landmark. Many petroforms in Whiteshell Provincial Park have long stories ...

  3. Rock garden - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese rock garden, or dry garden, often referred to as a "Zen garden", is a special kind of rock garden with a few large rocks, and gravel over most of the surface, often raked in patterns, and no or very few plants. Other Chinese and Japanese gardens use rocks, singly or in groups, with more plants, and often set in grass, or next to ...

  4. Boulder - Wikipedia

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    Boulder in British Columbia, Canada Kämmenkivi stone on the Pisa hill in Kuopio, Finland 2'500 Million years old rocks on a hill in Hyderabad, India. In geology, a boulder (or rarely bowlder) [1] is a rock fragment with size greater than 25.6 cm (10.1 in) in diameter. [2] Smaller pieces are called cobbles and pebbles.

  5. Glacial erratic - Wikipedia

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    Multiple erratics on the terminal moraine of the Okanogan Lobe. The Cascade Mountains are in the background.. The term "erratic" is commonly used to refer to erratic blocks, which geologist Archibald Geikie describes as: "large masses of rock, often as big as a house, that have been transported by glacier ice, and have been lodged in a prominent position in the glacier valleys or have been ...

  6. Big Rock Nature Preserve - Wikipedia

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    Big Rock is known for its "very big and quite significant rocks" [2] which are the largest known exposed boulders in Mecklenburg County. The eponymous rocks are part of a granite pluton and form a natural rock shelter with archaeological evidence of human use dating to 5500 BC. [3]

  7. Balancing rock - Wikipedia

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    A balancing rock, also called a balanced rock, precariously balanced rock (PBR), or precarious boulder, is a naturally occurring geological formation featuring a large rock or boulder, sometimes of substantial size, resting on other rocks, bedrock, or on glacial till. Some formations known by this name only appear to be balancing, but are in ...

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