Drumheller region

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The Drumheller region is an area in Alberta, Canada, renowned for its striking badlands landscape and rich deposits of dinosaur fossils.

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Surface form Occurrences
Alberta Badlands region 1
Drumheller 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf region
climate semi-arid
contains Atlas Coal Mine National Historic Site NERFINISHED
Bleriot Ferry NERFINISHED
Drumheller Hoodoos NERFINISHED
Horseshoe Canyon NERFINISHED
Horsethief Canyon NERFINISHED
Midland Provincial Park NERFINISHED
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology NERFINISHED
country Canada
distanceFromCalgary approximately 135 km northeast
geologicalFeature badlands
geologicalPeriod Late Cretaceous NERFINISHED
hasCenter Town of Drumheller NERFINISHED
hasFossilDeposits ceratopsian fossils
dinosaur fossils
hadrosaur fossils
marine fossils
plant fossils
theropod fossils
hasLandform eroded coulees
hoodoo formations
steep canyon walls
hasMuseum Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology NERFINISHED
hasNearbyCity Calgary NERFINISHED
hasRecreationalActivity fossil-related tours
hiking
scenic drives
knownFor Hoodoos NERFINISHED
badlands landscape
canyons
dinosaur fossils
paleontology
locatedIn Alberta
Western Canada NERFINISHED
museumFocus dinosaurs
paleontology
partOf Dinosaur Provincial Park–Drumheller badlands area NERFINISHED
Red Deer River valley NERFINISHED
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture
paleontological research
tourism
province Alberta NERFINISHED
timeZone Mountain Time Zone
tourismAttractionType dinosaur tourism
geotourism
traversedBy Red Deer River NERFINISHED

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North Saskatchewan River flowsThrough Drumheller region
Milk River locatedIn Drumheller region
this entity surface form: Alberta Badlands region
southern Alberta hasCity Drumheller region
subject surface form: Southern Alberta
this entity surface form: Drumheller