re: Topography/Geology of Vidalia vs Natchez

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I've heard it was the prevailing winds over a long period of time blowing dust/dirt in the atmosphere from the Great Plains in the west. As the dust crossed over the river, the moisture caused it to drop out on the east side creating the hills.

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Makes sense to me.

I've also was wondering if it is changing at all. That one house/building on the south side of the bridge sure seems to be barely hanging on. Not sure if I could make it a night in that house. A house like that in Colorado built on a mountain of granite, sure. Not sure about that one.

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I've heard it was the prevailing winds over a long period of time blowing dust/dirt in the atmosphere from the Great Plains in the west. As the dust crossed over the river, the moisture caused it to drop out on the east side creating the hills.

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one of the dumber things I've read online. reason is river cut a path with its eastern edge along a well established plateau. any area flat around the river is alluvial land, a delta that has been built. the reason the river's not farther east is the natural levee that exists as an elevated land mass. river keeps chewing it away, which is why the bluffs falling into the river.