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Chronicle OnLine > Features > Area geology
Okanogan Country Geology
(or How the Okanogan grew)

Glen and Elizabeth Widel photo
A collar of mylonite (and gneiss) surrounds the Okanogan dome of granite which lies east of the Okanogan River. Characteristically, it slopes down to the valley floor. Glacial ice, followed by the river, helped shape the flat-bottomed valley.
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