Range Creek, the Glossary
Range Creek, rising in the Book Cliffs in Emery County, Utah, is a high tributary of the Green River, a major tributary of the Colorado River.[1]
Table of Contents
20 relations: Ancestral Puebloans, Archaeological culture, Archaeology, Book Cliffs, Canyon, Colorado River, Emery County, Utah, Fremont culture, Green River (Colorado River tributary), Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin, List of rivers of Utah, List of tributaries of the Colorado River, National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, Natural History Museum of Utah, Rock art, Smithsonian (magazine), Tributary, Trust for Public Land, University of Utah, Utah.
- Archaeological sites in Utah
- Fremont culture
- Tributaries of the Colorado River in Utah
- Tributaries of the Green River (Colorado River tributary)
Ancestral Puebloans
The Ancestral Puebloans, also known as the Anasazi, were an ancient Native American culture that spanned the present-day Four Corners region of the United States, comprising southeastern Utah, northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado.
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Archaeological culture
An archaeological culture is a recurring assemblage of types of artifacts, buildings and monuments from a specific period and region that may constitute the material culture remains of a particular past human society.
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Archaeology
Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.
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Book Cliffs
The Book Cliffs are a series of desert mountains and cliffs in western Colorado and eastern Utah in the Western United States.
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Canyon
A canyon (from; archaic British English spelling: cañon), gorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales.
Colorado River
The Colorado River (Río Colorado) is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and in northern Mexico. Range Creek and Colorado River are rivers of Utah.
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Emery County, Utah
Emery County is a county in east-central Utah, United States.
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Fremont culture
The Fremont culture or Fremont people is a pre-Columbian archaeological culture which received its name from the Fremont River in the U.S. state of Utah, where the culture's sites were discovered by local indigenous peoples like the Navajo and Ute.
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Green River (Colorado River tributary)
The Green River, located in the western United States, is the chief tributary of the Colorado River. Range Creek and Green River (Colorado River tributary) are rivers of Utah, tributaries of the Colorado River in Utah, tributaries of the Green River (Colorado River tributary) and Wild and Scenic Rivers of the United States.
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Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
The Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin are Native Americans of the northern Great Basin, Snake River Plain, and upper Colorado River basin.
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List of rivers of Utah
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Utah in the United States, sorted by watershed. Range Creek and list of rivers of Utah are rivers of Utah.
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List of tributaries of the Colorado River
The principal tributaries of the Colorado River of North America are the Gila River, the San Juan River, the Green River, and the Gunnison River.
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National Wild and Scenic Rivers System
The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System was created by the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-542), enacted by the U.S. Congress to preserve certain rivers with outstanding natural, cultural, and recreational values in a free-flowing condition for the enjoyment of present and future generations. Range Creek and National Wild and Scenic Rivers System are Wild and Scenic Rivers of the United States.
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Natural History Museum of Utah
The Natural History Museum of Utah (NHMU) is a museum located in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
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Rock art
In archaeology, rock arts are human-made markings placed on natural surfaces, typically vertical stone surfaces.
Smithsonian (magazine)
Smithsonian is a science and nature magazine (and associated website, SmithsonianMag.com), and is the official journal published by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., although editorially independent from its parent organization.
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Tributary
A tributary, or an affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (main stem or "parent"), river, or a lake.
Trust for Public Land
The Trust for Public Land is a U.S. nonprofit organization with a mission to "create parks and protect land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come".
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University of Utah
The University of Utah (the U, U of U, or simply Utah) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
See also
Archaeological sites in Utah
- Ancestral Puebloan dwellings
- Bluff Great House
- Canyonlands National Park
- Dark Canyon Ruins
- False Kiva
- Ninemile Canyon (Utah)
- Paria River
- Range Creek
- Recapture Canyon
- White Canyon (San Juan County, Utah)
- Willden Fort
Fremont culture
- Buckhorn Draw Pictograph Panel
- Clear Creek (Utah)
- Courthouse Wash Pictographs
- Fremont culture
- Millsite Rock Art
- Ninemile Canyon (Utah)
- Pilling Figurines
- Quail rock art panel
- Range Creek
- Rochester Rock Art Panel
- Ruin Arch
Tributaries of the Colorado River in Utah
- Ashley Creek (Utah)
- Beaver Dam Wash
- Blacks Fork
- Buckskin Gulch
- Chinle Creek
- Coyote Gulch
- Crouse Creek
- Dirty Devil River
- Dolores River
- Duchesne River
- Escalante River
- Fremont River
- Green River (Colorado River tributary)
- Henrys Fork (Green River tributary)
- Kanab Creek
- McElmo Creek
- Montezuma Creek (Utah)
- Muddy Creek (central Utah)
- Paria River
- Price River
- Range Creek
- San Juan River (Colorado River tributary)
- San Rafael River
- Strawberry River (Utah)
- Uinta River
- Virgin River
- Wahweap Creek
- White River (Green River tributary)
- White River (Price River tributary)
- Whiterocks River
- Willow Creek (Grand and Uintah counties, Utah)
Tributaries of the Green River (Colorado River tributary)
- Ashley Creek (Utah)
- Big Sandy River (Wyoming)
- Blacks Fork
- Crouse Creek
- Duchesne River
- Green River (Colorado River tributary)
- Henrys Fork (Green River tributary)
- Minnie Maud
- New Fork River
- Piceance Creek
- Price River
- Range Creek
- San Rafael River
- Scofield Reservoir
- Uinta River
- White River (Green River tributary)
- Whiterocks River
- Willow Creek (Grand and Uintah counties, Utah)
- Yampa River
- Yellow Creek (Colorado)