Kanab Creek
Kanab Creek (Template:IPAc-en Script error: No such module "Respell".) is one of the many tributaries of the Colorado River. It begins in Kane County, Utah, just south of the watershed to the Great Basin and flows Script error: No such module "convert". south to the Colorado River.[1]
The stream headwaters arise at Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[2] at an elevation of approximately 8600 feet along the base of the Sunset Cliffs.[3] The stream flows southwest and passes just to the east of the community of Alton where it turns to the south and passes under Utah State Route 136. It continues to the south and runs parallel to U.S. Route 89 past Kanab.[4] The stream enters Arizona where it becomes the border between Coconino and Mohave counties and flows past Fredonia. It flows through the Kaibab Indian Reservation of the Paiute people and the Kanab Creek Wilderness before reaching its confluence with the Colorado at Script error: No such module "Coordinates". at an elevation of 1913 feet[2] within the Grand Canyon National Park.[5]
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The valley of Kanab Creek was settled by Basketmaker and Anasazi Indians. Ruins of their buildings and artifacts are found along its course.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
A crossing of the creek at Script error: No such module "Coordinates". is known as Nagles Crossing.[6][7]
See also
References
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- ↑ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Script error: No such module "If empty".
- ↑ Alton, UT, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1966 (1980 rev.)
- ↑ Utah Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 9th ed. 2014, Template:Isbn
- ↑ Arizona Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 4th ed. 2001, pp. 22-3 Template:Isbn
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