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2015 Map of Cuny Table East

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Cuny Table East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

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Badlands National Park dominates the northern reaches of this landscape, where the high-altitude plateaus of Stronghold Table and Galigo Table drop away into an intricate network of erosional features. The terrain is defined by deep incisions like Big Corral Draw, Quinn Draw, and Nevis Draw, which drain the flat-topped mesas toward Cottonwood Cr. These tables represent significant geological and cultural landmarks within the Oglala Lakota landscape, serving as elevated islands of grassland above the broken badlands below.

In the southern half of the quadrangle, Cuny Table provides a broader, more continuous expanse of level ground. This area is accessible via tribal routes such as Bia-60 and the localized Cuny Table Cafe Rd. The transition from these expansive tables to the sharp descents of Battle Creek Canyon and the Cactus Flats illustrates the dramatic topographical shifts characteristic of this portion of South Dakota.