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• ...that sandstone layers (pictured) now exposed in the Canyons of the Escalante in Utah were deposited during the Mesozoic period, when the area was covered with sand dunes about 180 to 225 million years ago?
• ...that the Iroise Sea on the Atlantic Ocean is France's first marine park?
• ...that the construction of Tellico Dam on Little Tennessee River in 1979 put several 18th century Overhill Cherokee towns underwater?

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1. Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2007/October, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
2. Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2007/October, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
3. Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2007/October, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.