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| | Utah History Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | Called a "Breaks" because of its abrupt, broken, and deeply eroded canyon, it is a 3.8-mile-long and 2.5-mile-wide amphitheater containing numerous ridges, cliffs, and spires eroded some 2,000 feet below the 10,300- to 10,500-foot elevation of the canyon. |
 | | Iron and manganese oxide impurities produce an amazing variety of colors in the limestone cliffs that constantly change with the angle of the sun's rays. |
 | | In the meadows bordering the six-mile-long rim drive, colorful wildflowers in season provide another resplendent attraction. |
| www.media.utah.edu /UHE/c/CEDARBREAKS.html (400 words) |
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