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WASHINGTON

S A S K A T C H E WA N
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Missoula

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Sheridan

SOUTH

Gillette

Black
H i l l s Rapid City

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Richfield
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Scottsbluff

Torrington

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Laramie
Fort Collins

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CHEYENNE
Ogallala

Boulder

Grand
Junction

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Lakewood

DENVER

Aurora

COLORADO
Colorado Springs

Pueblo

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Durango

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Dickinson
Miles City

Casper

Rock
Springs

U T A H

L. Powell

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The worlds largest

known organism is a
Great
100 acre (43 hectare)
Ogden
Salt Lake
grove of aspen trees
in Utah. Derived from
a single tree, it contains SALT LAKE Orem
CITY
over 47,000 stems
Provo
and weighs over
6000 tons (tonnes).

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WYOMING

Billings

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The Great Salt Lake is a remnant of the

prehistoric Lake Bonneville, which once
covered almost 20,000 square miles
(51,800 sq km) of western Utah.

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OREGON

Minot
Williston
Fort Peck L.
L. Sakakawea
Glendive

M i s s o u ri

Great Falls

Malta

Kalispell

At 20,016 ft (6104 m),

or almost 4 miles (6 km)
in length, the Fort Peck
Dam is the largest earthfilled hydraulic dam in
the United States.

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