Mima mounds
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Mima mounds are low, flattened, circular to oval, domelike, natural mounds that are composed of loose, unstratified, often gravelly sediment that is an overthickened A horizon. These mounds range in d
Mima mounds in Washington State
Panorama of Mima mounds in Thurston County
DNR sign at Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve near Olympia
Panorama of Mima mounds near Olympia, Washington
Gopher
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Pocket gophers, commonly referred to simply as gophers, are burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae. The roughly 41 species are all endemic to North and Central America. They are commonly known for
Mima mounds
…name derived from a Chinook Jargon term meaning "a little further along" or "downstream". Theories for the origin of Mima mounds include burrowing by pocket gophers; accumulation of wind-blown (aeolian) sediments around vegetation to form coppice dunes or nebkhas; seismic ground shaking by major earthquakes, though…
Pocket Gopher Ano Nuevo SP
A typical pocket gopher
Attwater's pocket gopher (Geomys attwateri) from Colorado County, Texas, US