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Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania
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Glacial erratic boulders of King County are large glacial erratic boulders of rock which were moved into King County, Washington by glacial action during previous ice ages. The Pleistocene ice age glaciation of Puget Sound created many of the geographical features of the region, including Puget Sound itself, and the erratics are one of the remnants of that age. According to Nick Zentner of Central Washington University Department of Geological Sciences, Canadian rocks [are] strewn all over the Puget lowland, stretching from the Olympic Peninsula clear over to the Cascade Range. Erratics can be found at altitudes up to about 1,300–1,600 feet in the Enumclaw area, along with kames, drumlins, and perhaps also the unique Mima mounds. The soil of Seattle, the county's largest city, is approximately 80% glacial drift, most of which is Vashon glacial deposits , and nearly all of the city's major named hills are characterized as drumlins or drift uplands . Boulders greater than 3 meters in diameter are rare in the Vashon till, but can be found, as seen in the table below.
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