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"This park has more than 200 waterfalls that are 15 feet or higher. And 150 of them have never been mapped or photographed," says park historian Lee Whittlesey. "Now that's a ______ to the size of Yellowstone."

A．proposition
B．hypothesis
C．ceremony
D．testimony

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