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  2. Baraboo Range - Wikipedia

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    Baraboo Range in winter Looking east down the range on Wisconsin Highway 78. The Baraboo Range is a mountain range in Columbia County and Sauk County, Wisconsin. Geologically, it is a syncline fold consisting of highly eroded Precambrian metamorphic rock. It is about 25 miles (40 km) long and varies from 5 to 10 miles (16 km) in width.

  3. Geology of Wisconsin - Wikipedia

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    From 1.7 to 1.6 billion years ago granite and rhyolite emplaced in south-central Wisconsin. The Baraboo and Waterloo Quartzite in the south and the Barron Quartzite in the northwest are slightly younger, along with the slate, dolomite, conglomerate and chert included in Wolf River rocks at Rib Mountain, Mosinee Hill and the McCaslin Quartzites.

  4. Geography of Wisconsin - Wikipedia

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    The Wisconsin glaciation formed the Wisconsin Dells, Devil's Lake, and the Kettle Moraine. A number of areas are protected in the state, including Devil's Lake State Park, the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, and the Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest. Wisconsin has a humid continental climate across the entire state, with four distinct ...

  5. Driftless Area - Wikipedia

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    Where the Wisconsin River turns west to join the Mississippi, the area to the south, including the whole of Grant County as well as most of Lafayette County, are part of the Driftless Area. The rugged terrain comprising most of the Driftless Area is distinct from the rest of Wisconsin, and is known locally as the Coulee Region. The steep ridges ...

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  7. Wisconsin fall colors update: Some northern spots at peak ...

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    Across the southern band of Wisconsin, Crawford County leads with 60% color change. Black River Falls and Kickapoo Valley Reserve are at 40%, with Wisconsin Dells at 35% and Baraboo Area at 30%.

  8. Geology of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The rocks making up the mountains were formed before the mountains were raised. The cores of the mountain ranges are in most places formed of pieces of continental crust that are over one billion years old. In the south, an older mountain range was formed 300 million years ago, then eroded away.

  9. Wisconsin’s new 2025 laws mostly technical, obscure - AOL

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    Wisconsin, instead, will see some technical changes, and off-the-beaten-path l Many states see hundreds of new laws with each new year. Illinois, for example, will see nearly 300 news laws on New ...