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The Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River drop 308 feet into a canyon that runs 20 miles long, 800 to 1,200 feet deep, and up to 4,000 feet wide. The present canyon is no more than 10,000 to 14,000 years old, and its famous yellow rock gets its color mostly from iron, not sulfur.
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The Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River drop 308 feet into the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Source ↗
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone stretches 20 miles long. Source ↗
The canyon is 800 to 1,200 feet deep and 1,500 to 4,000 feet wide. Source ↗
The present canyon is no more than 10,000 to 14,000 years old. Source ↗
The canyon's yellow rock color mostly comes from iron in the rock, not sulfur. Source ↗
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