Linguistics Of or being a root: a radical form. 6. Botany. a. Of, relating to, or arising from a root: radical hairs. b. Arising from the base of a stem or from a below-ground stem or rhizome: radical leaves.
The crater has been named the Barringer Crater in honor of Daniel Barringer, who was first to suggest that it was produced by meteorite impact. It is also referred to simply as Meteor Crater. The crater is located approximately 69 km east of Flagstaff, near Winslow in the northern Arizona desert of the United States.
Sweeping from the eastern border and curving northward through the center of Arizona a cool, green mountain and valley wonderland was formed. Its altitudes vary from 2,000 to 8,000 feet and are sharply cut by the Mogollon Rim, a sheer cliff extending for more than 200 miles and itself rising to heights of 7,500 feet.