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The rock layers here in the Coosa River are part of the deeply eroded western rim of the Wetumpka Impact Crater. In the downtown area, the Coosa River curves around the rim, and these rock layers tilt away from the crater center, a pattern typical of layers affected by meteor impact. The Wetumpka Impact Crater is eighty-five million years old.
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Wetumpka, Alabama · United States
