Zion Canyon, the Glossary
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.[1]
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23 relations: Angels Landing, Canyon, Colorado Plateau, Flash flood, Geology of the Zion and Kolob canyons area, Groundwater, John Wesley Powell, Lake Mead, Mass wasting, Mormons, National Park Service, Navajo Sandstone, Riparian zone, Southern Paiute people, Spring (hydrology), Springdale, Utah, United States Geological Survey, Utah, Valley, Virgin River, Zion, Zion – Mount Carmel Highway, Zion National Park.
Angels Landing
Angels Landing, known previously as the Temple of Aeolus, is a tall rock formation in Zion National Park in southwestern Utah, United States. Zion Canyon and Angels Landing are Zion National Park.
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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 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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Flash flood
A flash flood is a rapid flooding of low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and depressions.
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Geology of the Zion and Kolob canyons area
The geology of the Zion and Kolob canyons area includes nine known exposed formations, all visible in Zion National Park in the U.S. state of Utah. Zion Canyon and geology of the Zion and Kolob canyons area are Zion National Park.
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Groundwater
Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations.
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John Wesley Powell
John Wesley Powell (March 24, 1834 – September 23, 1902) was an American geologist, U.S. Army soldier, explorer of the American West, professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions.
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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.
Mass wasting
Mass wasting, also known as mass movement, is a general term for the movement of rock or soil down slopes under the force of gravity.
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Mormons
Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement started by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s.
National Park Service
The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the U.S. Department of the Interior.
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Navajo Sandstone
The Navajo Sandstone is a geological formation in the Glen Canyon Group that is spread across the U.S. states of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, northwest Colorado, and Utah as part of the Colorado Plateau province of the United States.
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Riparian zone
A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream.
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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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Spring (hydrology)
A spring is a natural exit point at which groundwater emerges from the aquifer and flows onto the top of the Earth's crust (pedosphere) to become surface water.
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Springdale, Utah
Springdale is a town in Washington County, Utah, United States.
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United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.
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Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
Valley
A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which typically contains a river or stream running from one end to the other.
Virgin River
The Virgin River is a tributary of the Colorado River in the U.S. states of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. Zion Canyon and Virgin River are Zion National Park.
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Zion
Zion (צִיּוֹן Ṣīyyōn, LXX Σιών, also variously transliterated Sion, Tzion, Tsion, Tsiyyon) is a placename in the Hebrew Bible, often used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole.
Zion – Mount Carmel Highway
The Zion – Mount Carmel Highway is a long road in Washington and Kane counties in southern Utah, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
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Zion National Park
Zion National Park is an American national park located in southwestern Utah near the town of Springdale. Zion Canyon and Zion National Park are canyons and gorges of Utah.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zion_Canyon
Also known as Temple of Sinawava, Temple of Sinawava (Zion National Park).