swap_horiz Turkana Basin Alternatives

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Dinosaur Provincial Park

Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Alberta, Canada, designated in 1979 and recognized as one of...

Canada Alberta Dinosaur Provincial Park

9.1 Excellent

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Olduvai Gorge

Olduvai Gorge is an archaeological and paleoanthropological site in northern Tanzania, within the Ngorongoro Conservatio...

Hominid Tanzania Rift Valley Erosion

9.1 Excellent

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Wadi el-Hitan

Wadi el-Hitan, or Whale Valley, is a fossil site in Egypt's Western Desert within Faiyum Governorate and a UNESCO World...

Egypt Eocene Fossil Rich Fayoum

8.9 Great

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Ischigualasto Provincial Park

Ischigualasto Provincial Park is a protected badlands landscape in San Juan Province, Argentina, noted for exposed rock...

Dinosaur Argentina Triassic San Juan

8.9 Great

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Talampaya National Park

Talampaya National Park is a protected area in La Rioja Province, Argentina, characterized by red sandstone cliffs, broa...

National Park Argentina Triassic Erosion

8.8 Great

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Valle de la Luna (Atacama, Chile)

Valle de la Luna is an arid landscape in the Cordillera de la Sal near San Pedro de Atacama in northern Chile. Wind and...

Chile Salt Atacama Erosion

8.8 Great

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Dinosaur National Monument

Dinosaur National Monument is a protected area spanning northeastern Utah and northwestern Colorado, established in 1915...

USA Jurassic National Monument Utah Colorado

8.7 Great

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Painted Hills

The Painted Hills are one of the three units of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in central Oregon. Their bands of...

USA Colorful Oregon Eocene

8.7 Great

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Danakil Depression

The Danakil Depression is a low-lying desert region in the Afar area of northeastern Ethiopia, near the junction of seve...

Extreme Volcanic Ethiopia Afar

8.7 Great

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Valle de la Luna (San Juan, Argentina)

Valle de la Luna is a popular name for the eroded landscape of Ischigualasto Provincial Park in San Juan Province, Argen...

Argentina Triassic Erosion San Juan

8.7 Great

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Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness

Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness is a 45,000-acre federally designated wilderness in northwestern New Mexico managed by the BL...

USA Wilderness New Mexico Hoodoos

8.6 Great

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Flaming Cliffs (Bayanzag)

The Flaming Cliffs, also called Bayanzag, are a fossil-rich area of red and orange sandstone in Mongolia's Gobi Desert....

Dinosaur Mongolia Cretaceous Gobi

8.6 Great

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Mungo National Park

Mungo National Park is a protected area in southwestern New South Wales, Australia, within the UNESCO-listed Willandra L...

Australia National Park New South Wales Fossil Rich

8.6 Great

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Little Missouri Badlands

The Little Missouri Badlands are an eroded landscape surrounding the Little Missouri River in western North Dakota. Laye...

USA Grassland River Valley North Dakota

8.5 Great

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John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is a protected area in eastern Oregon preserving an extensive record of Cenozoic...

USA Oregon Eocene National Monument

8.5 Great

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Las Médulas

Las Médulas is a cultural landscape in León, Spain, shaped by large-scale Roman gold mining. Roman engineers used water...

Spain Unesco Erosion Castile Leon

8.5 Great

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Palo Duro Canyon

Palo Duro Canyon is an extensive canyon system in the Texas Panhandle, southeast of Amarillo, carved primarily by the Pr...

USA Canyon Texas State Park

8.4 Great

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White Desert (Farafra)

The White Desert is a chalk landscape in Egypt's Western Desert near the Farafra Oasis. Windblown sand has eroded the pa...

Surreal Egypt Chalk Erosion

8.3 Great

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Kerlingarfjöll

Kerlingarfjöll is a volcanic mountain range in Iceland's central highlands, reached from the Kjölur highland route. Its...

Volcanic Highland Iceland Rhyolite

8.3 Great

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Tatacoa Desert

The Tatacoa Desert is a semi-arid badland region in Colombia's Huila Department, near the municipality of Villavieja. De...

Desert Colombia Erosion Fossil Rich

8.0 Great