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Cra'ter Mound"




a bowl-shaped depression in the earth in central Arizona: believed to have been made by the impact of a meteoroid. 4000 ft. (1220 m) wide; 600 ft. (183 m) deep. Also called Meteor Crater.

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craterletCraters of the Moon
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