Book Cliffs

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The Book Cliffs are a long, rugged series of desert mountains and cliffs stretching from western Colorado into eastern Utah, known for their striking layered rock formations and extensive fossil and energy resources.

All labels observed (2)

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Book Cliffs canonical 19
Book Cliffs (part) 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf escarpment ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
administrativeRegion Carbon County, Utah ⓘ
Garfield County, Colorado ⓘ
Mesa County, Colorado ⓘ
Uintah County, Utah ⓘ
contains Book Cliffs coal seams ⓘ
Mesaverde Group outcrops ⓘ
Wasatch Formation outcrops ⓘ
segments of the Interstate 70 corridor at its southern base ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
ecosystem semi-arid desert ⓘ
extendsFrom near Palisade, Colorado ⓘ
extendsTo near Price, Utah ⓘ
feature badlands topography in places ⓘ
steep cliffs and benches ⓘ
geologicalProvince Colorado Plateau physiographic province ⓘ
linked to: Colorado Plateau
geologicalSignificance analog for subsurface hydrocarbon reservoirs ⓘ
classic outcrop for sequence stratigraphy studies ⓘ
geology Cretaceous sedimentary rocks ⓘ
Mesozoic sedimentary sequence ⓘ
highestPoint Mount Garfield (prominent summit on the Book Cliffs near Grand Junction) ⓘ
knownFor coal deposits ⓘ
desert cliffs and mesas ⓘ
extensive fossil resources ⓘ
layered sedimentary rock formations ⓘ
natural gas resources ⓘ
oil shale resources ⓘ
length approximately 150 miles ⓘ
approximately 240 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Utah ⓘ
western Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Western Colorado
namedAfter their layered, book-like rock strata ⓘ
near Grand Junction, Colorado ⓘ
Green River, Utah ⓘ
orientation generally east–west ⓘ
overlooks Colorado River valley near Grand Junction ⓘ
Grand Valley ⓘ
partOf Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Rocky Mountain region ⓘ
usedFor energy development ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
livestock grazing ⓘ
off-highway vehicle recreation ⓘ
wildlifeHabitatFor black bear ⓘ
elk ⓘ
mountain lion ⓘ
mule deer ⓘ
pronghorn ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grand Junction, Colorado → near → Book Cliffs ⓘ
Mesa County, Colorado → contains → Book Cliffs ⓘ
Grand Valley → near → Book Cliffs ⓘ
Rifle → hasNearbyFeature → Book Cliffs ⓘ
eastern Utah → contains → Book Cliffs ⓘ
Mount Garfield → partOf → Book Cliffs ⓘ
Green River, Utah → locatedNear → Book Cliffs ⓘ
Uintah County, Utah → contains → Book Cliffs (part) ⓘ
linked to: Book Cliffs
Main Campus, Grand Junction → near → Book Cliffs ⓘ
Carbon County, Utah → hasFeature → Book Cliffs ⓘ
Palisade, Colorado → locatedNear → Book Cliffs ⓘ
Orchard Mesa → hasViewOf → Book Cliffs ⓘ
Thompson Springs, Utah → near → Book Cliffs ⓘ