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| |name = Zion Canyon | |||
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| |other_name = Mukuntuweap | |||
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| |photo = ZionPark amk.jpg | |||
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| |photo_caption = Zion Canyon viewed from the canyon floor | |||
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| |lat_d = 37 |lat_m = 09 |lat_s = 54 |lat_NS = N | |||
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| |long_d = 113 |long_m = 00 |long_s = 43 |long_EW = W | |||
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| |elevation = {{convert|4300|ft|m|-2}} | |||
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| |map = Utah | |||
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| |map_caption = Location in Utah | |||
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| '''Zion Canyon''' (also called '''Little Zion''', '''Mukuntuweap''', '''Mu-Loon'-Tu-Weap''', and '''Straight Cañon'''; ''weap'' is ] for ]) is a deep and narrow gorge in southwestern ], ], carved by the North Fork of the ]. Nearly the entire canyon is located within the western half of ].<ref>{{cite web | |||
| |url=http://www.nps.gov/zion/index.htm | |||
| |title=Zion National Park, Utah | |||
| |publisher=] | |||
| |date= | |||
| |accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref> | |||
| ==Description== | |||
| ] | |||
| The beginning of the canyon is usually delineated as the ], a vertical-walled natural amphitheater nearly {{convert|3000|ft|m}} deep. The canyon actually begins much further upstream, however, and runs southward about {{convert|16|mi|km}} through the Narrows to reach the Temple, where a seasonal tributary of the North Fork plunges over a tall waterfall during spring runoff and after heavy rain. The gorge then runs southwest through the national park, approaching {{convert|2000|ft|m}} deep in places. While the canyon rim is dominated by desert, the canyon floor supports a forest and ] watered by the North Fork Virgin River. The gorge then merges with Pine Creek Canyon as it winds out of the national park and past the community of ]. The canyon's end is where it meets the Virgin River, some {{convert|100|mi|km}} northeast of ], which the river ultimately flows into.<ref>{{cite map | |||
| |publisher=ACME Mapper | |||
| |title=USGS Topo Maps for United States | |||
| |year= | |||
| |cartography=] | |||
| |accessdate=2009-10-29 | |||
| |url=http://mapper.acme.com/}}</ref> | |||
| <ref>{{cite map | |||
| |url=http://www.nps.gov/archive/zion/Maps.htm | |||
| |publisher=U.S. National Park Service | |||
| |title=Zion National Park Maps | |||
| |year= | |||
| |cartography=National Park Service | |||
| |accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref> | |||
| Zion Canyon Drive and ] are the two major roads throughout the canyon. Zion Canyon Drive ends at the Temple of Sinawava, where the Riverside Walk trail follows the river upstream to the lower end of the Zion Narrows. Hiking trails further upstream descend into the Narrows, where the canyon floor is on average {{convert|20|ft|m}} wide. Hiking is permitted in the Narrows when water levels are low enough, however, ]s are known to rise quickly following heavy rainstorms. Many areas in the drainage of Zion Canyon have little or no soil cover, contributing to extremely brief but heavy storm runoff. In contrast, the floor of most of the main Zion Canyon is close to {{convert|1000|ft|m}} wide, and is rich with river-deposited sediments. Tributaries to the river within the canyon include Deep, Kolob, Goose, Pine, and Oak Creeks.<ref>{{cite web | |||
| |url=http://www.zionnational-park.com/zion-canyon.htm | |||
| |title=Zion National Park | |||
| |publisher=zionnational-park.com | |||
| |date= | |||
| |accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref> | |||
| ==Geology and history== | |||
| ] | |||
| Geologically Zion Canyon is part of the ] ], which contained many joints and cracks when first uplifted, one of which was cut by the North Fork of the Virgin River to become Zion Canyon. The river was the largest force in cutting the canyon, mostly by ], as the average flow of the river is very light. This relatively quick downcutting has left many seasonal tributaries with ]s. Some of the largest tributaries have cut down to nearly an equal elevation as the valley floor. | |||
| Erosion continues to sculpt the canyon walls, creating natural arches and other rock formations. It is believed that there is another {{convert|1000|ft|m}} of vertical bedrock that the Virgin River can still erode. ], often caused by ice wedging into cracks in the canyon walls, is another force that widens the valley. The Navajo Sandstone formation is easily eroded and is known to be very porous. Unstable geology is prevalent throughout the canyon, and occasional rockslides have formed impounded lakes in the canyon, the most recent of which was roughly 4,000 years ago. Owing to the extreme depth of the canyon, there are many ] fed by the surrounding ], permitting water in the canyon to run year round.<ref>{{cite web | |||
| |url=http://www.zionnational-park.com/zgeology3.htm | |||
| |title=Zion Canyon Geology: Carving Zion Canyon | |||
| |publisher=zionnational-park.com | |||
| |date= | |||
| |accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref><ref name="geology">{{cite book | |||
| |last1=Harris | |||
| |first1=Ann G. | |||
| |last2=Tuttle | |||
| |first2=Esther | |||
| |last3=Tuttle | |||
| |first3=Sherwood D. | |||
| |title=Geology of National Parks | |||
| |publisher=Kendall Hunt | |||
| |year=2004 | |||
| |page=31 | |||
| |ISBN=0-7872-9970-7 | |||
| |accessdate=2009-11-01}}</ref> | |||
| ]s migrated from the lower Virgin River area in the late 1850s. The canyon was named by settler Isaac Behunin, who named the canyon after a "place of peace" mentioned in the ].{{clarify|date=April 2014}} Explorer ] is credited with the name ''Mukuntuweap'', supposedly the native name of the canyon. In 1909, the canyon was first declared a national monument, and in 1919 was declared a national park. The ], cutting through Pine Creek Canyon and lower Zion Canyon, first opened in 1930.<ref name="geology"/> | |||
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| ==See also== | |||
| *] | |||
| ==Notes and references== | |||
| {{reflist}} | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| {{commons category|Zion National Park}} | |||
| *{{GNIS|1434527}} | |||
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