Английская Википедия:Box Canyon (Colorado)

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Box Canyon Falls, September 2012

Box Canyon is a box canyon in Ouray County, Colorado, United States.[1]

Description

A mining camp was established in the canyon that helped the city of Ouray establish itself as a permanent community.[2] Box Canyon is home to Box Canyon Falls, a Шаблон:Convert waterfall, with quartzite walls that extend almost one hundred feet past the falls.[3] Access to the canyon is through a short, Шаблон:Convert foot trail to the base of the falls or a steep trail leading to the top of the falls.[4] A fee is required to use the trails to the canyon.[4]

Geology

Box Canyon contains an Angular Unconformity. The Elbert Formation sits on the Uncompahgre Formation which represents a geologic age difference of approximately 1.3 billion years.[5][6]

See also

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References

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External links

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