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Visit Yellow Mounds Overlook, Badlands National Park, South Dakota
The Yellow Mounds area of Badlands National Park in South Dakota reveals geologic history in vivid color. Shades of mustard and streaks of plum represent deposits of sediment settling here over different periods of time. About 500,000 years ago, the Cheyenne and White Rivers carved their way through this landscape. They are the reason for the narrow channels, canyons and rugged peaks we see today. Erosion continues to shape these hills. Scientists estimate that in the next 500,000 years, the Badlands will erode away completely. The Yellow Mounds Overlook is along the Badlands Loop Road (Hwy 240).
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