Geology of Minnesota
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The geology of Minnesota comprises the rock, minerals, and soils of the U.S. state of Minnesota, including their formation, development, distribution, and condition.
Shaded relief image: Superior Upland in the northeast, the flat Red River Valley in the northwest, Central Minnesota's irregular landscape, the Coteau des Prairies and Minnesota River in the southwest, and the southeast's dissected Driftless Area along the Mississippi River below its confluences with the Minnesota and St. Croix in East Central Minnesota
Limestone bluffs cut by the Root River in Olmsted County
Limestone over sandstone in the gorge of Minnehaha Creek
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