The Making of a Continent: Part 2 -- The Land of Sleeping Mountains
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The Making of a Continent: Part 2 -- The Land of Sleeping Mountains, Reel 2
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Examines the traumatic events that led to the shaping of the North American continent. Visits the Great Basin, located between the Wasatch Mountains of Utah and the Sierra Nevada of California. Explains how the basin, one of the world's great desert regions, was formed when the floor of the Pacific Ocean slid under the continent, pushing up the Sierra Nevada and cutting off moisture from the west. Based on geologist Ron Redfern's book, The Making of a Continent
Reel 1 available here
Examines the traumatic events that led to the shaping of the North American continent. Visits the Great Basin, located between the Wasatch Mountains of Utah and the Sierra Nevada of California. Explains how the basin, one of the world's great desert regions, was formed when the floor of the Pacific Ocean slid under the continent, pushing up the Sierra Nevada and cutting off moisture from the west. Based on geologist Ron Redfern's book, The Making of a Continent
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