Dinosaur National Monument is a United States national monument on the southeastern flank of the Uinta Mountains, straddling the border between Colorado and Utah at the confluence of the Green and Yampa rivers. Most of its area lies in Colorado's Moffat County, but the monument's namesake feature, a quarry containing one of the densest known concentrations of Jurassic dinosaur fossils, sits on the Utah side near Jensen, with the town of Vernal, Utah the nearest significant community. Beyond the fossil quarry, the monument protects a rugged canyon landscape along the two rivers that has made it a significant site for whitewater rafting as well as paleontology.
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Designation Category Established Year Area (sq km) Governing BodyU.S. National Park Service 1 IUCN Category Classification
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1. Dinosaur National Monument - Wikipedia
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is an American national monument located on the southeast flank of the Uinta Mountains
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October 4, 1915
Body, National monument
210,844 acres (329 sq mi; 853 km2) in Utah and Colorado
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U.S. National Park Service
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U.S. National Park Service
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Dinosaur National Monument is an American national monument located on the southeast flank of the Uinta Mountains on the border between Colorado and Utah at the confluence of the Green and Yampa rivers.
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- Part Of: United States, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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