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Why do the Book Cliffs look like that?

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Why do the Book Cliffs look like that?

RMPBS News: 2024 Episode 7 | 3m 46s | CC

The rocks that make up the Book Cliffs north of Grand Junction once covered the whole valley. Before that, the whole Rocky Mountain region was underwater.

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