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Zion National Park, the Glossary

Zion National Park is an American national park located in southwestern Utah near the town of Springdale.^[1]

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1919 establishments in Utah
Civilian Conservation Corps in Utah
Climbing areas of Utah
National parks in Utah
Protected areas established in 1919

Abies concolor

Abies concolor, the white fir, concolor fir, or Colorado fir, is a coniferous tree in the pine family Pinaceae.

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Acer negundo

Acer negundo, the box elder, boxelder maple, Manitoba maple or ash-leaved maple, is a species of maple native to North America.

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Act (document)

An act is an instrument that records a fact or something that has been said, done, or agreed.

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Altar of Sacrifice

Altar of Sacrifice is a Navajo Sandstone mountain in Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, United States, that is part of the Towers of the Virgin.

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Amelanchier, also known as shadbush, shadwood or shadblow, serviceberry or sarvisberry (or just sarvis), juneberry, saskatoon, sugarplum, wild-plum or chuckley pear,A Digital Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador Vascular Plants: is a genus of about 20 species of deciduous-leaved shrubs and small trees in the rose family (Rosaceae).

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American badger

The American badger (Taxidea taxus) is a North American badger similar in appearance to the European badger, although not closely related.

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American Fur Company

The American Fur Company (AFC) was founded in 1808, by John Jacob Astor, a German immigrant to the United States.

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Amphibian

Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniotic, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class Amphibia.

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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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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.

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Arizona Bound (1927 film)

Arizona Bound is a lost 1927 American silent Western film directed by John Waters and starring Gary Cooper, Betty Jewel, and El Brendel.

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Arizona Strip

The Arizona Strip is the part of Arizona lying north of the Colorado River.

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Aspen

Aspen is a common name for certain tree species; some, but not all, are classified by botanists in the section ''Populus'', of the Populus genus.

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Astragalus (plant)

Astragalus is a large genus of over 3,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae and the subfamily Faboideae.

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.

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Basketmaker culture

The Basketmaker culture of the pre-Ancestral Puebloans began about 1500 BC and continued until about AD 750 with the beginning of the Pueblo I Era.

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Bat

Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera.

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Bible

The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία,, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baha'i Faith, and other Abrahamic religions.

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Bird

Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

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Bobcat

The bobcat (Lynx rufus), also known as the red lynx, is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx.

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Bryce Canyon National Park

Bryce Canyon National Park is an American national park located in southwestern Utah. Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park are Civilian Conservation Corps in Utah, Colorado Plateau and national parks in Utah.

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a 1969 American Western buddy film directed by George Roy Hill and written by William Goldman.

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Butte

In geomorphology, a butte is an isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top; buttes are smaller landforms than mesas, plateaus, and tablelands.

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California condor

The California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) is a New World vulture and the largest North American land bird.

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Camping

Camping is a form of outdoor recreation or outdoor education involving overnight stays with a basic temporary shelter such as a tent.

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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.

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Canyon wren

The canyon wren (Catherpes mexicanus) is a small North American songbird of the wren family Troglodytidae.

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Castilleja

Castilleja, commonly known as paintbrush, Indian paintbrush, or prairie-fire, is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial mostly herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas from Alaska south to the Andes, northern Asia, and one species as far west as the Kola Peninsula in northwestern Russia.

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Cedar City, Utah

Cedar City is the largest city in Iron County, Utah, United States.

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Cenozoic

The Cenozoic is Earth's current geological era, representing the last 66million years of Earth's history.

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Checkerboard Mesa

Checkerboard Mesa is an iconic elevation Navajo Sandstone summit located in Zion National Park, in Kane County of southwest Utah, United States. Zion National Park and Checkerboard Mesa are Colorado Plateau.

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Chinle Formation

The Chinle Formation is an Upper Triassic continental geological formation of fluvial, lacustrine, and palustrine to eolian deposits spread across the U.S. states of Nevada, Utah, northern Arizona, western New Mexico, and western Colorado.

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Chrysothamnus

Chrysothamnus, known as rabbitbrush, rabbitbush, and chamisa, are a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae.

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Cinder cone

A cinder cone (or scoria cone) is a steep conical hill of loose pyroclastic fragments, such as volcanic clinkers, volcanic ash, or scoria that has been built around a volcanic vent.

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Cist

In archeology, a cist (also kist; from κίστη, Middle Welsh Kist or Germanic Kiste) or cist grave is a small stone-built coffin-like box or ossuary used to hold the bodies of the dead.

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Civilian Conservation Corps

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28.

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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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Common collared lizard

The common collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris), also commonly called eastern collared lizard,Stebbins RC (2003).

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Conifer

Conifers are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms.

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Court of the Patriarchs

The Court of the Patriarchs is a sandstone cliff on the south face of the Three Patriarchs in Zion Canyon in Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, United States.

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COVID-19

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

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Coyote

The coyote (Canis latrans), also known as the American jackal, prairie wolf, or brush wolf is a species of canine native to North America.

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Cross ventilation

Cross ventilation is a natural phenomenon where wind, fresh air or a breeze enters upon an opening, such as a window, and flows directly through the space and exits through an opening on the opposite side of the building (where the air pressure is lower).

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Datura wrightii

Datura wrightii, commonly known as sacred datura, is a poisonous perennial plant species and ornamental flower of the family Solanaceae native to the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

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Desert

A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems.

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Desert bighorn sheep

The desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) is a subspecies of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) that is native to the deserts of the United States' intermountain west and southwestern regions, as well as northwestern Mexico.

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Desert cottontail

The desert cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii), also known as Audubon's cottontail, is a New World cottontail rabbit, and a member of the family Leporidae.

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Dipper

Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae, so-called because of their bobbing or dipping movements.

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Domínguez–Escalante expedition

The Domínguez–Escalante Expedition was a Spanish journey of exploration conducted in 1776 by two Franciscan priests, Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, to find an overland route from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to their Roman Catholic mission in Monterey, on the coast of modern day central California.

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Downcutting

Downcutting, also called erosional downcutting, downward erosion or vertical erosion, is a geological process by hydraulic action that deepens the channel of a stream or valley by removing material from the stream's bed or the valley's floor.

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Downloadable content

Downloadable content (DLC) is additional content created for an already released video game, distributed through the Internet by the game's publisher.

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Environmental technology

Environmental technology (envirotech) is the use of engineering and technological approaches to understand and address issues that affect the environment with the aim of fostering environmental improvement.

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Equestrianism

Equestrianism (from Latin equester, equestr-, equus, 'horseman', 'horse'), commonly known as horse riding (Commonwealth English) or horseback riding (American English), includes the disciplines of riding, driving, and vaulting.

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Extinct (2017 TV series)

Extinct is a post-apocalyptic science fiction television series directed by Ryan Little and written by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston.

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Fallout: New Vegas

Fallout: New Vegas is a 2010 action role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Bethesda Softworks.

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Fish

A fish (fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.

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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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Flood

A flood is an overflow of water (or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry.

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Floor of the Valley Road

The Floor of the Valley Road, also known as the Zion Canyon Scenic Drive, follows the canyon of the North Fork of the Virgin River, also known as Zion Canyon, through Zion National Park, Utah, USA. Zion National Park and Floor of the Valley Road are Civilian Conservation Corps in Utah.

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Forest

A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense community of trees.

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Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh

Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh (September 13, 1853 – January 29, 1935) was an American explorer.

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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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Geography

Geography (from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία; combining 'Earth' and 'write') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.

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Geological formation

A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics (lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exposed in a geographical region (the stratigraphic column).

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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 National Park and geology of the Zion and Kolob canyons area are Colorado Plateau.

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Gerridae

The Gerridae are a family of insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly known as water striders, water skeeters, water scooters, water bugs, pond skaters, water skippers, water gliders, water skimmers or puddle flies.

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Gilbert Stanley Underwood

Gilbert Stanley Underwood (June 5, 1890 – August 3, 1961) was an American architect best known for his National Park lodges.

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Gnatcatcher

The gnatcatchers are a family of small passerine birds called Polioptilidae.

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Golden eagle

The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is a bird of prey living in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States. Zion National Park and Grand Canyon are Colorado Plateau.

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Grand Staircase

The Grand Staircase is an immense sequence of sedimentary rock layers that stretch south from Bryce Canyon National Park and Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, through Zion National Park, and into Grand Canyon National Park. Zion National Park and Grand Staircase are Colorado Plateau.

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Gray fox

The gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), or grey fox, is an omnivorous mammal of the family Canidae, widespread throughout North America and Central America.

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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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Great White Throne (mountain)

The Great White Throne is a monolith, predominantly composed of white Navajo Sandstone in Zion National Park in Washington County in southwestern Utah, United States.

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Habitat

In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species.

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Hal Rothman

Hal K. Rothman (1958–2007) was a historian, professor, radio show host, editor, public intellectual, and prolific author.

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Hare

Hares and jackrabbits are mammals belonging to the genus Lepus.

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Helianthus

Helianthus is a genus comprising about 70 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae commonly known as sunflowers.

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Hiking

Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside.

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Horace M. Albright

Horace Marden Albright (January 6, 1890 – March 28, 1987) was an American conservationist and the second director of the National Park Service.

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Horse Ranch Mountain

Horse Ranch Mountain is an mountain in the Kolob Canyons section of Zion National Park in northeastern Washington County, Utah, United States, that is the highest summit within the national park.

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Hunting

Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, and killing wildlife or feral animals.

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Hurricane Cliffs

--> The Hurricane Cliffs of southwest Utah and northwest Arizona are a red, limestone geographic feature, sets of cliffs along the western, eroded edge of the Kaibab Limestone; the cliffs are about 135-mi (217 km) long,Utah Atlas & Gazeteer, DeLorme, 9th Ed.

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Hurricane Linda (2015)

Hurricane Linda was a strong tropical cyclone in September 2015 that resulted in heavy rains across portions of Mexico and the Southwestern United States.

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Interstate 15 in Utah

Interstate 15 (I-15) runs north–south in the U.S. state of Utah through the southwestern and central portions of the state, passing through most of the state's population centers, including St. George and those comprising the Wasatch Front: Provo–Orem, Salt Lake City, and Ogden–Clearfield.

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Iron County, Utah

Iron County is a county in southwestern Utah, United States.

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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 Karl Hillers

John Karl Hillers (1843, Hanover, Germany – 1925) was an American government photographer.

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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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Juniper

Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae.

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Kaibab Limestone

The Kaibab Limestone is a resistant cliff-forming, Permian geologic formation that crops out across the U.S. states of northern Arizona, southern Utah, east central Nevada and southeast California.

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Kaibab Plateau

The Kaibab Plateau is a plateau almost entirely in Coconino County, Arizona (but extending slightly north into Kane County, Utah) in the Southwestern United States. Zion National Park and Kaibab Plateau are Colorado Plateau.

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Kane County, Utah

Kane County is a county in the U.S. state of Utah.

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Kayenta Formation

The Kayenta Formation is a geological formation in the Glen Canyon Group that is spread across the Colorado Plateau province of the United States, including northern Arizona, northwest Colorado, Nevada, and Utah.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Kolob

Kolob is a star or planet described in the Book of Abraham, a sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Kolob Arch

Kolob Arch is a natural arch in Zion National Park, Utah, United States.

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Lake

A lake is an often naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface.

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Lava

Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface.

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C. that serves as the library and research service of the U.S. Congress and the de facto national library of the United States.

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Life zone

The life zone concept was developed by C. Hart Merriam in 1889 as a means of describing areas with similar plant and animal communities.

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List of longest natural arches

This list of longest natural arches ranks the world's natural arches by the length of their span as defined and measured by the Natural Arch and Bridge Society (NABS).

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List of national parks of the United States

The United States has 63 national parks, which are congressionally designated protected areas operated by the National Park Service, an agency of the Department of the Interior.

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Louisiana Purchase Exposition

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the St.

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Maize

Maize (Zea mays), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain.

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Mammal

A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.

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Manzanita

Manzanita is a common name for many species of the genus Arctostaphylos.

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Maple

Acer is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples.

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Markagunt Plateau

Markagunt Plateau is a volcanic field in southern Utah, United States. Zion National Park and Markagunt Plateau are Colorado Plateau.

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Mesa

A mesa is an isolated, flat-topped elevation, ridge or hill, which is bounded from all sides by steep escarpments and stands distinctly above a surrounding plain.

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Mesozoic

The Mesozoic Era is the penultimate era of Earth's geological history, lasting from about, comprising the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods.

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Mineral

In geology and mineralogy, a mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid substance with a fairly well-defined chemical composition and a specific crystal structure that occurs naturally in pure form.

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Moenave Formation

The Moenave Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation, in the Glen Canyon Group.

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Moenkopi Formation

The Moenkopi Formation is a geological formation that is spread across the U.S. states of New Mexico, northern Arizona, Nevada, southeastern California, eastern Utah and western Colorado. Zion National Park and Moenkopi Formation are Colorado Plateau.

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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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Monolith

A monolith is a geological feature consisting of a single massive stone or rock, such as some mountains.

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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.

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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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Mountain

A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock.

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Mule deer

The mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) is a deer indigenous to western North America; it is named for its ears, which are large like those of the mule.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.

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National park

A national park is a nature park designated for conservation purposes because of unparalleled national natural, historic, or cultural significance.

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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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National Register of Historic Places listings in Iron County, Utah

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Iron County, Utah.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Kane County, Utah

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Kane County, Utah.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Utah

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Utah.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Zion National Park

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Zion National Park.

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National Wilderness Preservation System

The National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS) of the United States protects federally managed wilderness areas designated for preservation in their natural condition.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.

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Natural arch

A natural arch, natural bridge, or (less commonly) rock arch is a natural landform where an arch has formed with an opening underneath.

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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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Nevada (1927 film)

Nevada is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by John Waters and starring Gary Cooper, Thelma Todd, and William Powell.

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North American cougar

The North American cougar (Puma concolor couguar) is a cougar subspecies in North America.

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Numic languages

Numic is the northernmost branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family.

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Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009

The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 is a land management law passed in the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 30, 2009.

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Opuntia

Opuntia, commonly called the prickly pear cactus, is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae, many known for their flavorful fruit and showy flowers.

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Orderville, Utah

Orderville is a town in western Kane County, Utah, United States.

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Passive cooling

Passive cooling is a building design approach that focuses on heat gain control and heat dissipation in a building in order to improve the indoor thermal comfort with low or no energy consumption.

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Penstemon utahensis

Penstemon utahensis is a species of penstemon known by the common names Utah beardtongue and Utah penstemon.

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Peregrine falcon

The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known simply as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a cosmopolitan bird of prey (raptor) in the family Falconidae.

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Picnic

A picnic is a meal taken outdoors (''al fresco'') as part of an excursion, especially in scenic surroundings, such as a park, lakeside, or other place affording an interesting view, or else in conjunction with a public event such as preceding an open-air theater performance, and usually in summer or spring.

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Pine nut

Pine nuts, also called piñón, pinoli, or pignoli, are the edible seeds of pines (family Pinaceae, genus Pinus).

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Pinus ponderosa

Pinus ponderosa, commonly known as the ponderosa pine, bull pine, blackjack pine, western yellow-pine, or filipinus pine, is a very large pine tree species of variable habitat native to mountainous regions of western North America.

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Pinyon jay

The pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) is a species of jay, and is the only member of the genus Gymnorhinus.

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Pinyon pine

The pinyon or piñon pine group grows in southwestern North America, especially in New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah.

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Pit-house

A pit-house (or pit house, pithouse) is a house built in the ground and used for shelter.

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Pond

A pond is a small, still, land-based body of water formed by pooling inside a depression, either naturally or artificially.

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Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869

The Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869, led by American naturalist John Wesley Powell, was the first thorough cartographic and scientific investigation of long segments of the Green and Colorado rivers in the southwestern United States, including the first recorded passage of white men through the entirety of the Grand Canyon.

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Precipitation

In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds due to gravitational pull.

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Predation

Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.

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Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca

Pseudotsuga menziesii var.

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Pueblo

Pueblo refers to the settlements and to the Native American tribes of the Pueblo peoples in the Southwestern United States, currently in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas.

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Purshia

Purshia (bitterbrush or cliff-rose) is a small genus of 5–8 species of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae which are native to western North America.

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Quercus gambelii

Quercus gambelii, with the common name Gambel oak, is a deciduous small tree or large shrub that is widespread in the foothills and lower mountains of western North America.

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Quercus turbinella

Quercus turbinella is a North American species of oak known by the common names shrub oak, turbinella oak, shrub live oak, and gray oak.

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Ramrod (film)

Ramrod is a 1947 American Western film directed by Andre de Toth and starring Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Preston Foster and Don DeFore.

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RATP Group

The RATP Group (Groupe RATP) is a French state-owned enterprise (EPIC) that operates public transport systems.

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Red-tailed hawk

The red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a bird of prey that breeds throughout most of North America, from the interior of Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West Indies.

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Reptile

Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with usually an ectothermic ('cold-blooded') metabolism and amniotic development.

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Ringtail

The ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) is a mammal of the raccoon family native to arid regions of North America.

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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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River

A river is a natural flowing freshwater stream, flowing on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river.

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Rock (geology)

In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter.

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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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Sagebrush

Sagebrush is the common name of several woody and herbaceous species of plants in the genus Artemisia.

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Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.

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Scribner's Magazine

Scribner's Magazine was an American periodical published by the publishing house of Charles Scribner's Sons from January 1887 to May 1939.

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Sea

A sea is a large body of salty water.

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Sediment

Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice or by the force of gravity acting on the particles.

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Sedimentation

Sedimentation is the deposition of sediments.

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Selenium

Selenium is a chemical element; it has the symbol Se and atomic number 34.

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Semi-arid climate

A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type.

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Short ton

The short ton (abbreviation tn) is a measurement unit equal to.

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Slot canyon

A slot canyon is a long, narrow channel or drainageway with sheer rock walls that are typically eroded into either sandstone or other sedimentary rock.

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Soil

Soil, also commonly referred to as earth or dirt, is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support the life of plants and soil organisms.

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Solar panel

A solar panel is a device that converts sunlight into electricity by using photovoltaic (PV) cells.

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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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Spear-thrower

A spear-thrower, spear-throwing lever, or atlatl (pronounced or; Nahuatl ahtlatl) is a tool that uses leverage to achieve greater velocity in dart or javelin-throwing, and includes a bearing surface that allows the user to store energy during the throw.

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Springdale, Utah

Springdale is a town in Washington County, Utah, United States.

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Squirrel

Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-sized rodents.

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Stanleya pinnata

Stanleya pinnata is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known as desert prince's-plume.

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Stereoscope

A stereoscope is a device for viewing a stereoscopic pair of separate images, depicting left-eye and right-eye views of the same scene, as a single three-dimensional image.

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Stream

A stream is a continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel.

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Stream gradient

Stream gradient (or stream slope) is the grade (or slope) of a stream.

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Teiidae

Teiidae is a family of Lacertoidean lizards native to the Americas.

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The East Temple

The East Temple is a prominent summit composed of Navajo Sandstone in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States. Zion National Park and The East Temple are Colorado Plateau.

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The Narrows (Zion National Park)

The Narrows is the narrowest section of Zion Canyon in Zion National Park, Utah, United States. Zion National Park and the Narrows (Zion National Park) are canyons and gorges of Utah.

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The Sentinel (Zion National Park)

The Sentinel is a elevation Navajo Sandstone summit located near the Court of the Patriarchs in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States, that is part of the Towers of the Virgin.

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The Subway (Zion National Park)

The Subway is a small, uniquely-shaped slot canyon within the Zion Wilderness in Zion National Park in northeastern Washington County, Utah, United States. Zion National Park and the Subway (Zion National Park) are canyons and gorges of Utah.

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The Watchman (Utah)

The Watchman is a sandstone mountain summit located in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States.

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The West Temple

The West Temple is a prominent 7,810-foot (2,380 m) mountain summit composed of Navajo Sandstone in Zion National Park in Washington County of Utah, United States. Zion National Park and The West Temple are Colorado Plateau.

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Tonne

The tonne (or; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.

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Topography

Topography is the study of the forms and features of land surfaces.

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Trackless train

A trackless train — or tram (U.S. English), road train, land train, or parking lot train is a road-going articulated vehicle used for the transport of passengers, comprising a driving vehicle pulling one or more carriages connected by drawbar couplings, in the manner of a road-going railway train.

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Trail

A trail, also known as a path or track, is an unpaved lane or a small paved road not intended for usage by motorized vehicles, usually passing through a natural area.

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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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Trombe wall

A Trombe wall is a massive equator-facing wall that is painted a dark color in order to absorb thermal energy from incident sunlight and covered with a glass on the outside with an insulating air-gap between the wall and the glaze.

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Tucupit Point

Tucupit Point is a prominent sandstone pinnacle in the Kolob Canyons area of Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, United States.

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U.S. Route 89 in Utah

U.S. Route 89 (US 89) in the U.S. state of Utah is a north-south United States Highway spanning more than through the central part of the state, making it the longest road in Utah.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the 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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University of Utah Press

The University of Utah Press is the independent publishing branch of the University of Utah and is a division of the J. Willard Marriott Library.

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Utah

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

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Utah Parks Company

The Utah Parks Company, a subsidiary of Union Pacific Railroad, owned and operated restaurants, lodging, and bus tours in Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks, the north rim of Grand Canyon National Park, and Cedar Breaks National Monument from the 1920s until 1972.

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Utah State Historical Society

The Utah State Historical Society, founded in 1897, encourages the research, study, and publication of Utah history.

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Utah State Route 9

State Route 9 (SR-9) is a state highway in southern Utah, serving Zion National Park.

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Ute people

Ute are the indigenous, or Native American people, of the Ute tribe and culture among the Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin.

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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.

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Virgin Anasazi

The Virgin Anasazi were the westernmost Ancestral Puebloan group in the American Southwest.

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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.

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Washington County, Utah

Washington County is a county in the southwestern corner of Utah, United States.

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Waterfall

A waterfall is any point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops.

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White-throated swift

The white-throated swift (Aeronautes saxatalis) is a swift of the family Apodidae native to western North America, south to cordilleran western Honduras.

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Wildflower

A wildflower (or wild flower) is a flower that grows in the wild, meaning it was not intentionally seeded or planted.

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Wiley (publisher)

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., commonly known as Wiley, is an American multinational publishing company that focuses on academic publishing and instructional materials.

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William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States, serving from 1909 to 1913, and the tenth chief justice of the United States, serving from 1921 to 1930, the only person to have held both offices.

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Willow

Willows, also called sallows and osiers, of the genus Salix, comprise around 350 species (plus numerous hybrids) of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions.

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Windcatcher

A windcatcher, wind tower, or wind scoop (بادگیر) is a traditional architectural element, originated in Iran (Persia), used to create cross ventilation and passive cooling in buildings.

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Woodland

A woodland is, in the broad sense, land covered with woody plants (trees and shrubs), or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the plurale tantum woods), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade (see differences between British, American and Australian English explained below).

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Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921.

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Yucca

Yucca is a genus of perennial shrubs and trees in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae.

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Zion (Latter Day Saints)

Within the Latter Day Saint movement, Zion is often used to connote an association of the righteous.

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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 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. Zion National Park and Zion Canyon are canyons and gorges of Utah.

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Zion Lodge

Zion Lodge is located in Zion National Park, Utah, United States.

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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 National Park and Zion National Park are 1919 establishments in Utah, canyons and gorges of Utah, Civilian Conservation Corps in Utah, climbing areas of Utah, Colorado Plateau, national parks in Utah and protected areas established in 1919.

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6th millennium BC

The 6th millennium BC spanned the years 6000 BC to 5001 BC (c. 8 ka to c. 7 ka).

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References

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

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