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After heavy rain, swollen streams can burst their banks, carrying mud and boulders down the mountainsides.
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NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
Violent, volcanic explosions some 30 million years ago (after dinosaurs went extinct) created the sheer rock faces and fields of boulders that make the region's geography so unique.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
The fatal fall happened just one day after two people were injured in the park when boulders crashed onto their car on Little River Road, park officials said.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2026
Over the course of six inconceivably traumatic days, Caldwell and three friends were forcibly marched and starved, shoved under boulders to evade detection, and made to watch their kidnappers execute members of the rival Kyrgyz Army at point-blank range.
—Namir Khaliq, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
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NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
Violent, volcanic explosions some 30 million years ago (after dinosaurs went extinct) created the sheer rock faces and fields of boulders that make the region's geography so unique.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
The fatal fall happened just one day after two people were injured in the park when boulders crashed onto their car on Little River Road, park officials said.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2026
Over the course of six inconceivably traumatic days, Caldwell and three friends were forcibly marched and starved, shoved under boulders to evade detection, and made to watch their kidnappers execute members of the rival Kyrgyz Army at point-blank range.
—Namir Khaliq, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Boulder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boulder. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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boulder
noun
boul·der
ˈbōl-dər 
: a large detached and rounded or worn mass of rock
Geographical Definition
Boulder
geographical name
Boul·der
ˈbōl-dər
city northwest of Denver in north central Colorado population 97,385
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