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Article: NORTH DAKOTA
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In the southwest corner of North Dakota lie the Badlands. They were
named by pioneers who found them bad lands to travel through. Rainfall
is light there, and water is scarce. Grass grows in many places, but
much of the land is bare. The scenery, however, is startling. For
thousands of years the Little Missouri River and the weather have
been carving the rock and clay of the area into unusual shapes. The
formations include steep, flat-topped hills, called mesas, and buttes,
which are like mesas but not as broad. The mesas and buttes are colored
in bands of red, yellow, blue, and gray. Each year, thousands travel
to the Badlands to see these spectacular natural ...