Driftless Area
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The Driftless Area, also known as Bluff Country and the Paleozoic Plateau, is a topographic and cultural region in the Midwestern United States that comprises southwestern Wisconsin, southeastern Minn
Autumn in the Driftless Area of Cross Plains, Wisconsin
Typical terrain of the Driftless Area as viewed from Wildcat Mountain State Park in Vernon County, Wisconsin
Typical Driftless Area scenery near Mazomanie, Wisconsin
Tablet Rock Overlook in Wisconsin's Devils Lake State Park, located in the Baraboo Range
Drift (geology)
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In geology, drift is a name for all sediment transported by a glacier and deposited directly by or from the ice, or by glacial meltwater. Drift is often subdivided into unstratified drift that forms m
Driftless Area
…Wisconsin. The Driftless Area was never covered by ice during the Last Glacial Period, so the area lacks the characteristic glacial deposits known as drift. Its landscape is characterized by steep hills, forested ridges, deeply carved river valleys, and karst geology with spring-fed waterfalls and cold-water…
Rounded erratic boulders of crystalline rock composition next to Ordovician limestone bank along the shoreline in NW Osmussaar, Estonia.