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Photo ID: h0wzyj	Subject: Landscape	Description
	Biomes; Ecology; Erosion; Grasslands; Landforms; Oligocene; Plains	Prairie in Badlands National Park of South Dakota. Badlands National Park consists of 244,000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires blended with the largest, protected mixed grass prairie in the United States. The park has been shaped by erosion, and is home to many Oligocene fossils. View Geological Time Scale for this image.
	Photographer	Location
	Bruce Molnia Credit Line: Copyright © Bruce Molnia, Terra Photographics	North America; United States; South Dakota; Badlands National Park
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Photo ID: h27sti	Subject: Sedimentary Rocks	Description
	Badlands; Cliffs; Erosion; Erosional Features; Hills; Landforms; Landscape; Petrology; Plains; Terrains; Topography	White rocks and erosion of the Badlands.
	Photographer	Location
	Bruce Molnia Credit Line: Copyright © Bruce Molnia, Terra Photographics	North America; United States; South Dakota; Badlands
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Photo ID: h2a6l6	Subject: Rivers	Description
	Channels; Drainage Patterns; Fluvial Environment; Fluvial Features; Geomorphology; Streams; Surface Drainage; Surface Water; Trellis Drainage	Trellis drainage through the Badlands of South Dakota. Trellis drainage is an arrangement of surface drainage characterized by parallel main streams that have right-angle tributaries. It is commonly developed where the beveled edges of alternating hard and soft rocks outcrop in parallel belts.
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	Bruce Molnia Credit Line: Copyright © Bruce Molnia, Terra Photographics	North America; United States; South Dakota
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Photo ID: h4utel	Subject: Groundwater	Description
	Ground Water; Hydrologic Cycle; Hydrology; Hydrosphere; Mountains; Seep; Valley	Water seeps in badlands of Death Valley.
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	Marli Miller Credit Line: Copyright © Marli Miller, University of Oregon	North America; United States; California; Death Valley
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Photo ID: h4vfu2	Subject: Rivers	Description
	Avulsion; Floodplains; Fluvial Features; Geomorphology; Hydrology; Landscape; Meanders; Sinuosity; Streams; Surface Water	Meandering river in the Badlands of South Dakota.
	Photographer	Location
	Bruce Molnia Credit Line: Copyright © Bruce Molnia, Terra Photographics	North America; United States; South Dakota
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Photo ID: h4vixj	Subject: Sedimentary Rocks	Description
	Badlands; Cliffs; Erosion; Erosional Features; Hills; Landforms; Landscape; Petrology; Plains; Terrains; Topography	Sedimentary rocks of the Badlands.
	Photographer	Location
	Bruce Molnia Credit Line: Copyright © Bruce Molnia, Terra Photographics	North America; United States; South Dakota; Badlands
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Photo ID: hf8uja	Subject: Sedimentary Rocks	Description
	Badlands; Chinle Formation; Erosion; Erosional Features; Petrology; Shale; Surface Processes; Topography; Triassic	View of the Painted Desert. View Geological Time Scale for this image.
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	Abi Howe Credit Line: Copyright © Abi Howe, American Geological Institute	North America; United States; Arizona; Painted Desert
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Photo ID: hgmx0j	Subject: Surface Processes	Description
	Badlands; Degradation; Denudation; Erosional Features; Geomorphology; Geosphere; Landform Evolution; Landforms; Landscape; Lithosphere; Lithostratigraphy; Outliers; Stratigraphy; Topography	The White River Badlands of South Dakota. View of outliers near Weta, SD. The term badlands refers to an intricately stream-dissected topography which develops on surfaces with little to no vegetative cover. Image taken in April 1966.
	Photographer	Location
	Louis Maher Credit Line: Copyright © Louis Maher	North America; United States; South Dakota; White River Badlands
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Photo ID: hgmx4a	Subject: Rivers	Description
	Badlands; Degradation; Denudation; Floodplains; Fluvial Environment; Fluvial Features; Geomorphology; Geosphere; Hydrology; Landform Evolution; Landforms; Landscape; Lithosphere; Meanders; Plains; Riparian Environment; Sinuosity; Streams; Surface Water; Topography	The White River meanders through the badlands southwest of Weta, South Dakota. View is towards the southwest. Image taken in April 1966.
	Photographer	Location
	Louis Maher Credit Line: Copyright © Louis Maher	North America; United States; South Dakota; White River Badlands
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Photo ID: hgmx7n	Subject: Rivers	Description
	Badlands; Degradation; Denudation; Erosional Features; Floodplains; Fluvial Environment; Fluvial Features; Geomorphology; Geosphere; Hydrology; Landform Evolution; Landforms; Landscape; Lithosphere; Lithostratigraphy; Outliers; Plains; Riparian Environment; Stratigraphy; Streams; Surface Water; Topography	The White River with some badlands outliers southwest of Weta, South Dakota. View toward the northeast. Image taken April 1966.
	Photographer	Location
	Louis Maher Credit Line: Copyright © Louis Maher	North America; United States; South Dakota; White River Badlands
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