Formed by process links a formation to the natural force that carved or built it. Wikipedia records that "the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted," a combination of river cutting and uplift that produced the Grand Canyon. This dimension groups formations shaped by the same kind of natural process.
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Formation Origingorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. 1 Formed By (Process)
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1. Wikipedia: Canyon
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gorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales.
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