Ventifact Ridge is a part of a basaltic lava flow.
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The wind direction at the time the ventifact formed will be parallel to grooves or striations cut in the rock.
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Over time, the bouncing sand grains can erode the lower portions of a ventifact, while leaving a larger less eroded cap.
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It has massive chalk rock formations that are textbook examples of ventifact and which have been created as a result of occasional sandstorm in the area.
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"' Ventifact Knobs "'( ) are minor knobs, 3 to 6 m high, composed of lake clay covered by glacial drift . The glacial drift has cobbles that are well polished by the wind and cut into ventifacts.