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| | Dells of the Wisconsin River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | The nearby town of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin is the center of summer tourist activity, much of it in the form of the theme parks unrelated to the river features. |
 | | The evenutal bursting of the ice dam unleashed a catastrophic flood, dropping the lakes depth dropped to 50 ft (15 m) and cutting deep, narrow gorges and unusual rock formations into the sandstone seen today. |
 | | The area of the Dells provide a mixture of plant communities, including northern and southern oak and pine forests, as well as oak savanna, moist cliff, and dry cliffs, The cliffs provide unique niches for plants, some of which are very rare in Wisconsin, including: |
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