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rock forced up from below and solidified. Because of uplift and erosion, the overlying rock formations have disappeared. The upper slopes of the hills have not been glaciated and would have stood above the
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Goldbutte 7 N is a weather station 5.5 miles (8.9km) northeast of
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The
Landscapes of Southern Alberta, A Regional Geomorphology
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Indigenous peoples of North America
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Montana from Red Rock Coulee, Alberta
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Dempsey, Hugh A. (1957). "Sweetgrass Hills
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101: /
76:Coordinates
1509:Categories
1293:2010-04-14
1269:2010-04-14
1205:Sky Island
1061:(≥ 0.1 in)
278:in Canada.
240:Gold Butte
211:West Butte
59:West Butte
1353:"xmACIS2"
1320:pp.84-85.
1129:Blackfoot
1007:(216.76)
300:ice sheet
292:intrusive
284:Paleogene
175:Blackfoot
114:Geography
66:Elevation
1497:HighBeam
1174:See also
868:Average
793:(−34.7)
788:(−28.4)
783:(−22.2)
778:(−13.6)
748:(−12.5)
743:(−22.0)
738:(−25.7)
733:(−30.7)
718:(−11.7)
668:(−11.6)
663:(−12.5)
195:ččaɫalqn
183:Cheyenne
89:111°22′W
1473:4516142
1141:wolfers
1127:of the
972:(0.76)
773:(−4.7)
758:(−0.2)
753:(−6.7)
723:(−2.2)
713:(−7.4)
708:(−1.6)
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314:Climate
304:ice age
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235:Alberta
229:) near
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163:Montana
152:Country
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334:Month
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1469:JSTOR
1224:2010.
1211:Notes
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1054:89.0
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1440:ISBN
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925:0.64
920:1.19
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