About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: American Fork Canyon, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Blue John Canyon, Box Elder Canyon, Bryce Canyon National Park, Buckskin Gulch, Canyonlands National Park, Cataract Canyon, Cottonwood Canyon (Utah), Desolation Canyon (Utah), Emigration Canyon, Utah, Fiery Furnace (Arches National Park), Glen Canyon, Harkers Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah), Harkers Canyon (Tooele County, Utah), Harker Canyon (Tooele County, Utah), Horseshoe Canyon (Utah), Horse Canyon, Kings Canyon (Utah), List of canyons and gorges in Utah, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Little Death Hollow, Logan Canyon, Maple Canyon, Marysvale Canyon, Mill Creek Canyon, Minnie Maud, Negro Bill Canyon, Nine Mile Canyon, Ogden Canyon, Paria River, Parley's Canyon, Provo Canyon, Rock Canyon (Utah), Ruby Canyon, Salt Creek Canyon massacre, San Rafael River, Snow Canyon State Park, Subway (canyoneering), The Narrows (Zion National Park), Virgin River Gorge, Weber Canyon, Westwater Canyon, White Canyon, Wolverine Canyon, Zion Canyon. Excerpt: Zion National Park is located in the Southwestern United States, near Springdale, Utah. A prominent feature of the 229-square-mile (590 km) park is Zion Canyon, which is 15 miles (24 km) long and up to half a mile (800 m) deep, cut through the reddish and tan-colored Navajo Sandstone by the North Fork of the Virgin River. The lowest elevation is 3,666 ft (1,117 m) at Coalpits Wash and the highest elevation is 8,726 ft (2,660 m) at Horse Ranch Mountain. Located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert regions, the park's unique geography and variety of life zones allow for unusual plant and animal diversity. Numerous plant species as well as 289 species of birds, 75 mammals (including 19 species of bat), and 32 reptiles inhabit the park's four life zones: desert, riparian, woodland, and coniferous forest....
