List of National Natural Landmarks in North Dakota

From List of National Natural Landmarks, these are the National Natural Landmark

National Natural Landmark

The National Natural Landmark program recognizes and encourages the conservation of outstanding examples of the natural history of the United States. It is the only natural areas program of national scope that identifies and recognizes the best examples of biological and geological features in...

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North Dakota

North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....

. There are 4 in total, X are lakes or pond, Y are forests, Z are other.

	Name	County	Description
1	Fischer Lake	Stutsman Stutsman County, North Dakota -National protected areas:Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge*Halfway Lake National Wildlife Refuge-Demographics:...	Representative of the glacial moraine and pitted outwash plain surface of North Dakota.
2	Rush Lake	Cavalier Cavalier County, North Dakota -Major highways:* North Dakota Highway 1* North Dakota Highway 5* North Dakota Highway 20* North Dakota Highway 66-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 4,831 people, 2,017 households, and 1,361 families residing in the county. The population density was 3 people per square mile...	A large shallow, essentially undisturbed prairie pothole lake.
3	Sibley Lake	Kidder Kidder County, North Dakota -National protected areas:Hutchinson Lake National Wildlife RefugeLake George National Wildlife RefugeLong Lake National Wildlife Refuge Slade National Wildlife Refuge-Demographics:...	A large, permanent alkaline lake.
4	Two Top and Big Top Mesa Two Top and Big Top Mesa Two Top and Big Top Mesa are two adjacent mesas about a mile apart in western North Dakota. They were declared National Natural Landmarks in 1965. The tops of the mesas are rare examples of undisturbed grassland which have never been grazed or cultivated...	Billings Billings County, North Dakota -National protected areas:* Little Missouri National Grassland * Theodore Roosevelt National Park -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 888 people, 366 households, and 255 families residing in the county. The population density was 0.79 people per square mile . There were 529 housing...	A badlands terrain of sandstones, siltstones and clay.

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