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Driftless Area

The Driftless Area, also known as Bluff Country and the Paleozoic Plateau, is a topographic and cultural region in the Midwestern United States that comprises southwestern Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa, and the extreme northwestern corner of Illinois. The Driftless Area is a USDA Level III Ecoregion: Ecoregion 52. The Driftless…

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related to Iowa · 24
Driftless Area → Allamakee, An, Bellevue, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, For, Howard, Iowa, Iowan Erosion Surface, It, Jackson Counties, Maquoketa River, Mississippi, Paleozoic Plateau, Southern Iowa Drift Plain, The, Turkey Rivers, Upper Iowa
related to Geology · 23
Driftless Area → Baraboo Range, Bedrock, Blind, Cambrian, Cold, Disappearing, Driftless, Due, Illinoian-age, In, In Minnesota, Karst, Minnesota, Mississippi River, Most, Ordovician, Overall, Paleozoic Era, Precambrian, Sinkholes
related to In popular culture · 20
Driftless Area → American, Brad Zellar, Canadian-American, David Rhodes, Dreams, Driftless, Driftless Area's, Dyersville, Field, Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin, In, Iowa, Jason Vaughn, TBW Books, The, The Driftless Area, The Driftless Reader, Tom Drury, Vaughn's, Zellar's
related to Geologic origin · 18
Driftless Area → Glacial, Great Lakes, Illinoian, Illinois, Last Glacial Period, Milwaukee, North America, Numerous, Paleozoic Plateau, Pleistocene, Quaternary, Retreating, Scenic Trail, The Driftless Area, The Ice Age National, The Upper Midwest, While, Wisconsin
related to Illinois · 17
Driftless Area → Apple River, Apple River Canyon, Benton Mound, Carroll County, Charles Mound, Dam No, Driftless, Hanover, Jo Daviess County, Lock, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Savanna, Savanna Army Depot, The, The Illinois, Whiteside County
related to Wisconsin · 17
Driftless Area → Around, Chippewa River, Coulee Region, Forest, Governor Dodge State Park, Grant County, Kickapoo Valley Reserve, Lafayette County, Mississippi, Perrot State Park, The, Where, Wildcat Mountain State Park, Wisconsin, Wisconsin River, Wisconsin's Central Plain, Wisconsin's Coulee Experimental State
related to Rivers · 15
Driftless Area → As, Engineers, Iowa Department, Iowa Highway, Lansing, Maps, Mississippi, Pool, The, The Army Corps, The Mississippi River, The Waukon Municipal Airport, This, Transportation, Waukon
related to External links · 13
Driftless Area → Area Initiative Retrieved July, Driftless Area National Wildlife, Driftless Magazine, Farm ProjectDriftless Area MagazineInspire, Geological, Geological Survey, Landscape, Natural History Survey, Opportunities, Refuge, Region Food, Retrieved July, The Driftless Area
related to Minnesota · 11
Driftless Area → Another, Bemis-Altamont, Corresponding, Fort Snelling, In, Minnesota, Minnesota State Highway, Mississippi, Starting, The, Wisconsin
related to Agriculture · 8
Driftless Area → Driftless, In, La Farge, Organic, Organic Valley, The, The Driftless Area, Wisconsin

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driftless area wisconsin river region mississippi glacial state iowa also minnesota lake bedrock upper valley valleys ice drift north water

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Driftless Areais aUSDA Level III Ecoregion0.90text
Driftless Areais afractured0.90text
Driftless Areais a2015 Canadian-American neo-noir dramedy film based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Tom Drury0.90text
Driftless Areapart ofthe Mississippi Flyway0.85text
Coon Valleyinstance ofthe region yet again experienced record-breaking flooding in valley towns0.80text
Wisconsininstance ofthe region yet again experienced record-breaking flooding in valley towns0.80text
La Fargeinstance ofthe region yet again experienced record-breaking flooding in valley towns0.80text
and Violainstance ofthe region yet again experienced record-breaking flooding in valley towns0.80text
this because it can degrade or destroy prime cold-water fish habitatinstance ofWater pollution is critical in karsted regions0.80text
channel catfish in the Mississippi is availableinstance ofand species0.80text
with ice fishing in winter.Other characteristicsThe Driftless Area is part of the Mississippi Flywayinstance ofand species0.80text
with ice fishing in winterinstance ofand species0.80text

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