Elephant Rock (now collapsed)
County: Decatur
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Photographer: John Charlton/KGS
Place Name: Elephant Rock
Short description: View of the High Plains through Elephant Rock, an outcrop of the Ogallala Formation in Decatur County. The Ogallala Formation is a great wedge of sand, gravel, and porous rock now mainly buried underground. The Ogallala aquifer, the underground water-bearing portion of the formation, is the chief source of groundwater in western Kansas.
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