The Loess Hills are a formation of wind-deposited loess soil in the westernmost parts of Iowa and Missouri, and the easternmost parts of Nebraska and...
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Geology of the Loess Hills, Iowa U.S. Geological Survey, 2006, Eolian History of North America Why is loess important to study? The Loess Hills of Western...
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morphological types in the Loess Plateau are loess platforms, ridges and hills, formed by the deposition and erosion of loess. Most of the loess comes from the Gobi...
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Rock Port, Missouri (redirect from Loess Hills Wind Farm)
1851. The city, which is eight miles east of the Missouri River in the Loess Hills bluffs above the river, derives its name from Rock Creek, which flows...
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Loess Hills District is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located in western Iowa and northwestern Missouri established on April 4, 2016 by the U.S...
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base of the Loess Hills National Scenic Byway. With three casino resorts, the city also includes such cultural attractions as the Western Hills Trails Center...
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Geography of Iowa (section Loess hills)
found within the broad Mississippi River valley. The Loess Hills consist of very thick deposits of loess in far western Iowa deposited during the Wisconsin...
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2020 census, a decline from 5,358 in 2000. Located in a hollow of the Loess Hills on the east side of the Missouri River, Glenwood was established by Mormons...
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Palouse (redirect from Palouse Hills)
peculiar and picturesque loess hills which characterize the Palouse Prairie are underlain by wind-blown sediments of the Palouse Loess that covers the surface...
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Floyd's Bluff (category Hills of the United States)
downstream from the mouth of the Floyd River. The bluff itself is part of the Loess Hills formation. The Floyd's Bluff area was settled in 1848 by William Thompson...
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The Central Saxon Loess Hill Country (German: Mittelsächsisches Lösshügelland), also called the Central Saxon Loess Hills is a natural region in central...
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is considered the northern gateway to the Loess Hills and the Loess Hills Scenic Byway. These unique hills made up of windblown soil stretch southward...
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along the Soldier River. The community is located in the midst of the Loess Hills. The population was 249 at the time of the 2020 census. Pisgah was laid...
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soils of the Arkansas Delta. Crowley's Ridge, a forested deposit of loess hills rising from the flat Delta bisects the county from north to south, including...
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urban setting of Omaha, the Missouri River and its valley, the rugged Loess Hills, and the farmland of Pottawattamie County, Iowa. From 1973 until 2019...
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(8.11 km2), all of it land. Missouri Valley is located within Iowa's Loess Hills. As of the census of 2020, there were 2,678 people, 1,136 households...
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1999.2090. "Sand Hills, Nebraska". NASA. Retrieved November 18, 2020. Pye, K. (1996). "The Nature, origin, and accumulation of loess". Quaternary Science...
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state is in the new AVA designation named Loess Hills. American wine Upper Mississippi Valley AVA Loess Hills District AVA "Iowa: Appellation Profile"...
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and deep loess hills of the Nebraska/Kansas Loess Hills are markedly different from the flat alluvial valley of neighboring 47d. Dissected hills with deep...
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no lakes. The Mississippi Valley Loess Plains are irregular plains, some gently rolling hills, and dissected hills, ridges, and bluffs near the Mississippi...
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square miles (1.19 km2), all land. Underwood, Iowa is located in the Loess Hills, a prairie made of windblown soil deposited following the last Ice Age...
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City, Missouri in Holt County, Missouri. The refuge is bounded by the Loess Hills on the east with a trail going to the top built originally by the Civilian...
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topographic region originally composed of prairie and savanna in the Loess Hills with extensive wetlands and deciduous forest along the Missouri River...
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after Kossuth County. Pottawattamie County is located within Iowa's Loess Hills, and was the site of Kanesville along The Mormon Trail Due to movement...
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Ohio River Valley AVA (shared with Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia) Loess Hills District AVA (shared with Missouri) Upper Mississippi River Valley AVA...
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Great Lakes Loess Hills Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area Quad Cities Siouxland Regions of Kansas include: East-Central Kansas Flint Hills High Plains...
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related to Bison antiquus. Conrad, Jim. "Ancient Bison foot fossil". The Loess Hills of the Lower Mississippi Valley. Backyard Nature. Retrieved 19 September...
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Park Monona County Moorhead 344 139 None Preserves a section of the Loess Hills on the site of a town founded in 1853 by a Mormon splinter group led...
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Clark Trail ends; Loess Hills National Scenic Byway begins Missouri–Iowa line Iowa Fremont Hamburg 2.126 3.421 Iowa 333 west / Loess Hills National Scenic...
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being inclined up to 90%. They are mostly located in the artificial loess hills of Zemun: Gardoš, Ćukovac and Kalvarija. However, the majority of the...
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