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county line, the road drops noticeably from the Upper Cretaceous sandstone of the Plains to the lower shale of the Piedmont. The transition from High Plains to Piedmont is likewise accompanied by a change in agriculture, from pasture lands on the Plains to cultivated fields in the Piedmont.
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and cultivation of wheat and sugar beets, as well as cattle and sheep ranching. Much of the irrigation water in the Piedmont comes from shallow wells that tap the layers of Pleistocene gravel. Water diversion projects, locally from the Cache la Poudre and other rivers, as well as the
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tribes. From the earliest time of white settlement in the middle 19th century, the issue of water has been a controlling force in the economy of the region. The use of irrigation in the Piedmont starting in the 1860s led to widespread
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covered present-day Colorado. It was during this time that the South Platte River, which had previously flowed eastward across the Plains, rerouted northward along the mountains to join the
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to its present elevation of approximately 5000 ft (1500 m). This uplift resulted in increased streamflow and rapid erosion on the eastern side of the
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to the east. According to current geologic theory, the Piedmont was formed approximately 28 million years ago, during the broad bowing of the
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The Colorado Piedmont elevation is lower than the foothills, but is also slightly lower elevation than the
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The drop off from the Plains to the Piedmont is noticeable to motorists driving southward from
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in the mountains, when streams descending onto the Piedmont became overburdened with sediment.
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In the 19th century, the Piedmont region was inhabited primarily by the
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gravel overlays older shale and which accumulated during
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Great Plains province
High Plains
North American Plate
Kansas
Utah
Rocky Mountains
Upper Cretaceous
sandstone
Pierre Shale
shallow sea
Cache la Poudre River
Pleistocene
glaciation
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Interstate 25
Wellington, Colorado

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