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Cherry Patch Moraines

Ecoregion on Great Plains, MT

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The undulating to strongly sloping Cherry Patch Moraines ecoregion has many seasonal lakes and wetlands and includes one of the most extensive and prominent end moraines in Montana. It extends into Canada. Shortgrass prairie vegetation is native and shrubs are restricted to moist depressions. Steep slopes, hummocky moraines, gullies, bouldery knolls, gravelly ridges, and coulees are often grazed. Extensive cereal farming occurs elsewhere. Brown clay loam soils and gravelly areas are common and were derived from glacial drift. The Milk River Pothole Upland ecoregion is a terminal moraine area characterized by numerous potholes and nonintegrated drainage. Its hummocky physiography is distinct from the largely undissected till plains and nearly level lake plains of Ecoregion 42o. Land use is a mosaic of rangeland, farmland, and oil wells. Ecoregion 42n extends into Canada.

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