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Virgin River, the Glossary

The Virgin River is a tributary of the Colorado River in the U.S. states of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona.^[1]

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National Park Service Wild and Scenic Rivers
Rivers of Nevada
Tributaries of the Colorado River in Arizona
Tributaries of the Colorado River in Nevada
Tributaries of the Colorado River in Utah
Tributaries of the Lower Colorado River in Arizona

Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States.

Ash Creek (Utah)

Ash Creek is a stream in northern Washington County, Utah, United States. Virgin River and Ash Creek (Utah) are rivers of Utah.

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The Beaver Dam Wash is a seasonal stream near the southwestern Utah-Nevada border in the United States. Virgin River and Beaver Dam Wash are rivers of Utah, tributaries of the Colorado River in Arizona, tributaries of the Colorado River in Utah and tributaries of the Lower Colorado River in Arizona.

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Beaver Dam, Arizona

Beaver Dam is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, that is located in the Arizona Strip region and was settled on December 2, 1863. Virgin River and Beaver Dam, Arizona are Mormon Road.

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Catostomus latipinnis

Catostomus latipinnis (flannelmouth sucker) is a North American fish identified by its enlarged lower lips.

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Colorado Plateau

The Colorado Plateau is a physiographic and desert region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States.

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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. Virgin River and Colorado River are rivers of Arizona, rivers of Nevada and rivers of Utah.

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Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.

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Desert sucker

The desert sucker or Gila Mountain sucker (Catostomus clarkii), is a freshwater species of ray-finned fish in the sucker family, endemic to the Great Basin and the Colorado River Basin in the United States.

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Dixie National Forest

Dixie National Forest is a United States National Forest in Utah with headquarters in Cedar City.

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Ficus

Ficus is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae.

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Google Earth

Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery.

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Google Maps

Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google.

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Great Basin

The Great Basin (Gran Cuenca) is the largest area of contiguous endorheic watersheds, those with no outlets to the ocean, in North America.

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Hiram M. Chittenden

Hiram Martin Chittenden (October 25, 1858 – October 9, 1917) was an American engineer and historian.

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Interstate 15 in Arizona

Interstate 15 (I-15) is an Interstate Highway, running from San Diego, California, United States, to the Canada–US border, through Mohave County in northwest Arizona.

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Jedediah Smith

Jedediah Strong Smith (January 6, 1799 – May 27, 1831) was an American clerk, transcontinental pioneer, frontiersman, hunter, trapper, author, cartographer, mountain man and explorer of the Rocky Mountains, the Western United States, and the Southwest during the early 19th century.

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John C. Frémont

John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813July 13, 1890) was an American explorer, military officer, and politician.

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John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was an American statesman, politician, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States, from 1825 to 1829.

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Lake Mead

Lake Mead is a reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the Southwestern United States.

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Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Lake Mead National Recreation Area is a U.S. national recreation area in Southeastern Nevada and Northwestern Arizona.

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Las Vegas

Las Vegas, often known as Sin City or simply Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the seat of Clark County.

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List of Nevada historical markers

Nevada historical markers identify significant places of interest in Nevada's history.

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List of rivers of Arizona

List of rivers in Arizona (U.S. state), sorted by name. Virgin River and List of rivers of Arizona are rivers of Arizona and tributaries of the Lower Colorado River in Arizona.

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List of rivers of Nevada

List of rivers of Nevada (U.S. state). Virgin River and List of rivers of Nevada are rivers of Nevada.

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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. Virgin River 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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Littlefield, Arizona

Littlefield is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, that is located in the Arizona Strip region.

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Mesquite, Nevada

Mesquite is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States adjacent to the Arizona state line and northeast of Las Vegas on Interstate 15.

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Mohave people

Mohave or Mojave (Mojave: 'Aha Makhav) are a Native American people indigenous to the Colorado River in the Mojave Desert.

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Mojave Desert

The Mojave Desert (Hayikwiir Mat'aar; Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains and Transverse Ranges in the Southwestern United States.

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Mount Carmel Junction, Utah

Mount Carmel Junction and Mount Carmel are unincorporated communities located east of Zion National Park and north of Kanab in Kane County, Utah, United States.

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Muddy River (Nevada)

The Muddy River, formerly known as the Moapa River, is a short river located in Clark County, in southern Nevada, United States. Virgin River and Muddy River (Nevada) are Old Spanish Trail (trade route) and rivers of Nevada.

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Navajo Lake

Navajo Lake is a reservoir located in San Juan County and Rio Arriba County in northwestern New Mexico, in the southwestern United States.

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Nevada

Nevada is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States.

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Old Spanish Trail (trade route)

The Old Spanish Trail (Viejo Sendero Español) is a historical trade route that connected the northern New Mexico settlements of (or near) Santa Fe, New Mexico with those of Los Angeles, California and southern California.

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Pomegranate

The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub in the family Lythraceae, subfamily Punicoideae, that grows between tall.

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Rock climbing

Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, across, or down natural rock formations or indoor climbing walls.

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Santa Clara River (Utah)

The Santa Clara River is a U.S. Geological Survey. Virgin River and Santa Clara River (Utah) are Old Spanish Trail (trade route) and rivers of Utah.

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Southern Paiute people

The Southern Paiute people are a tribe of Native Americans who have lived in the Colorado River basin of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, and southern Utah.

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Speckled dace

The speckled dace (Rhinichthys osculus), also known as the spotted dace and the carpita pinta, is a member of the minnow family.

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St. George, Utah

St. Virgin River and St. George, Utah are Old Spanish Trail (trade route).

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Toquop Wash

Toquop Wash is a stream in Clark County, and Lincoln County, Nevada. Virgin River and Toquop Wash are rivers of Nevada.

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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.

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U.S. state

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.

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Umpqua people

The Umpqua people are an umbrella group of several distinct tribal entities of Native Americans of the Umpqua Basin in present-day south central Oregon in the United States.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Utah

Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Virgin chub

The Virgin chub or the Virgin River chub (Gila seminuda) is a medium-sized, silvery minnow, generally less than long and reaching lengths of.

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Virgin River

The Virgin River is a tributary of the Colorado River in the U.S. states of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. Virgin River and Virgin River are Mormon Road, national Park Service Wild and Scenic Rivers, Old Spanish Trail (trade route), rivers of Arizona, rivers of Nevada, rivers of Utah, tributaries of the Colorado River in Arizona, tributaries of the Colorado River in Nevada, tributaries of the Colorado River in Utah, tributaries of the Lower Colorado River in Arizona and Zion National Park.

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Virgin River Gorge

The Virgin River Gorge, located between St. George, Utah, and Beaver Dam, Arizona, is a long canyon carved out by the Virgin River in northwest Arizona.

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Virgin spinedace

The Virgin spinedace (Lepidomeda mollispinis) is a cyprinid fish of the Virgin River, a tributary of the Colorado River in the United States.

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Willow flycatcher

The willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) is a small insect-eating, neotropical migrant bird of the tyrant flycatcher family native to North America.

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Woundfin

The woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus) is a species of minnow endemic to the Virgin River of the southwestern United States.

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Zion Canyon

Zion Canyon (also called Little Zion, Mukuntuweap, Mu-Loon'-Tu-Weap, and Straight Cañon; weap is Paiute for canyon) is a deep and narrow gorge in southwestern Utah, United States, carved by the North Fork of the Virgin River. Virgin River and Zion Canyon are Zion National Park.

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Zion National Park

Zion National Park is an American national park located in southwestern Utah near the town of Springdale.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_River

Also known as East Fork Virgin River, History of the Virgin River, North Fork Virgin River, Rio Virgen, Rio de la Virgen.

, Virgin River Gorge, Virgin spinedace, Willow flycatcher, Woundfin, Zion Canyon, Zion National Park.

Virgin River, the Glossary

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See also

National Park Service Wild and Scenic Rivers

Rivers of Nevada

Tributaries of the Colorado River in Arizona

Tributaries of the Colorado River in Nevada

Tributaries of the Colorado River in Utah

Tributaries of the Lower Colorado River in Arizona

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