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Roots of Mother Appalachia (mander.xyz)
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https://www.cntraveler.com/story/appalachian-mountains-may-have-once-been-as-tall-as-the-himalayas

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https://www.uh.edu/nsm/news-events/stories/2018/0723-geologic-history.php

Basically sediment from the Appalachian region was deposited by ancient rivers and wind currents, with this sediment later being uplifted and then eroded to form the Rockies.

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