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  2. Niagara Escarpment - Wikipedia

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    Niagara Escarpment (in red) Rattlesnake Point near Milton, Ontario The Niagara River has carved the Niagara Gorge through the Niagara Escarpment over thousands of years. The Niagara Escarpment is a long escarpment, or cuesta, in Canada and the United States that starts from the south shore of Lake Ontario westward, circumscribes the top of the Great Lakes Basin running from New York through ...

  3. High Cliff State Park - Wikipedia

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    High Cliff State Park is a 1,187-acre (480 ha) Wisconsin state park near Sherwood, Wisconsin.It is the only state-owned recreation area located on Lake Winnebago. [2] The park got its name from cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment, a land formation east of the shore of Lake Winnebago that stretches north through northeast Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, and Ontario to Niagara Falls and New York State.

  4. Geology of Wisconsin - Wikipedia

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    Paleozoic rocks in eastern Wisconsin today make up the Niagara Escarpment, a shelf of rock extending from Door County to Horicon Marsh. The cliffs along the escarpment are primarily formed by the early Silurian Mayville Dolostone; the rocks that make up the escarpment were deposited within the Michigan Basin. Continued subsidence of this basin ...

  5. Door Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    The Door Peninsula is a peninsula in eastern Wisconsin, separating the southern part of the Green Bay from Lake Michigan. The peninsula includes northern Kewaunee County, northeastern Brown County, and the mainland portion of Door County. It is on the western side of the Niagara Escarpment. Well known for its cherry and apple orchards, the Door ...

  6. Bayshore Blufflands State Natural Area - Wikipedia

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    Containing more than 7 miles (11 km) of the Niagara Escarpment, the Bayshore Blufflands is an ecologically complex site with a diversity of plant communities both above and below the escarpment and a series of seeps and springs at the base of the bluff's talus slopes. [1]

  7. Ledge View Nature Center - Wikipedia

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    It also has exhibits which explain the geology of the area, including the drumlins and the Niagara Escarpment. The interpretive center has interactive exhibits on lake sturgeon, birds, bats of Wisconsin, and the Niagara Escarpment, in addition to some live animals.

  8. List of escarpments - Wikipedia

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    Weston Escarpment United States The Sierra Escarpment in California At the Florida Escarpment , seen in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the sea bed drops precipitously from less than 300 to 3,000 m (1,000 to 10,000 ft) over a short distance.

  9. Geography of Wisconsin - Wikipedia

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    The region is located west of Lake Michigan, and is primarily a plain, sloping down to the lake. The ridges include the Niagara Escarpment, the Black River Escarpment, and the Magnesian Escarpment. [26] [27] The Driftless Area of southwestern Wisconsin is characterized by bluffs carved in sedimentary rock by water from melting Ice age glaciers.