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2. Palo Duro Canyon - Wikipedia

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   Palo Duro Canyon is a canyon system of the Caprock Escarpment located in the Texas Panhandle near the cities of Amarillo and Canyon. [2] As one of the largest canyons in the United States , it is roughly 25–40 mi (40–64 km) long and has an average width of 6 mi (9.7 km), but reaches a width of 20 mi (32 km) at places.

3. Caprock Escarpment - Wikipedia

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   The escarpment's features formed by erosion from rivers and streams, creating arroyos and highly diverse terrain, including the large Palo Duro Canyon southeast of Amarillo, Texas. [1] One will notice the change in elevation of several hundred feet while crossing the Caprock Escarpment on Interstate 40 between Adrian, Texas and San Jon, New ...

4. Canyon, Texas - Wikipedia

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   ZIP codes: 79015-79016. Area code: 806: FIPS code: 48-12532 [3] ... The city itself lies in a valley that eventually becomes Palo Duro Canyon to the east. Climate

5. This Stuck-In-Time Texas Town Is One Of The South’s Most ...

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   Texas’ wine region happens to be the second-largest American Viticultural Area, and you can explore dozens of vineyards and tasting rooms along Wine Road 290 (U.S. 290), which leads in and out ...

6. JA Ranch - Wikipedia

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   After starting a ranching operation in eastern Colorado, he returned to the Palo Duro Canyon area (site of a major operation he led against the Kiowa and Comanche), and established a small ranch in 1874. He then entered into a partnership with John Adair, a wealthy landowner from Co. Laois in Ireland, who funded the ranch's expansion while ...

7. Area codes 678, 470, and 943 - Wikipedia

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   Kennesaw State opted to use 470-578 (KSU) as their number prefix for the new phone numbers, outside of the normal geographical calling area for Kennesaw; 470-578 numbers are based in Atlanta Northeast [6] and Kennesaw State is located in the Atlanta Northwest calling area. [7] The entire metro Atlanta region with area codes 404, 770, 678, 470 ...

8. Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River - Wikipedia

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   Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River (from Comanche Kecheahquehono 'Prairie Dog Town River') is a sandy-braided stream about 120 mi (193 km) long, formed at the confluence of Palo Duro Creek and Tierra Blanca Creek, about 1.8 mi (2.9 km) northeast of Canyon in Randall County, Texas, and flowing east-southeastward to the Red River about 1 mi (2 km) east of the 100th meridian, 8 mi (13 km) south ...

9. Trujillo Formation - Wikipedia

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   The formation crops out along Palo Duro Canyon and the Canadian River and their tributaries. [1] It is also widespread in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. [4] The formation is interpreted as deposition in a braided stream system. [5] The lower beds at Palo Duro Canyon contain unusual cone-shaped iron concretions that likely formed in the vadose ...