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	Colorado River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Colorado River is a river in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately 1,450 mi (2,330 km) long, draining a part of the arid regions on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains.
		West of Glenwood Springs the Colorado runs through the Grand Valley to Grand Junction, where it is joined by the Gunnison River; from there it flows towards the Utah border and Westwater Canyon.
		Below the Black Canyon the river lessens in gradient, and in its lower course flows in a broad sedimentary valley's distinct estuarine plain upriver from Yuma, where it is joined by the Gila River.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colorado_River (1719 words)

	EO Newsroom: New Images - Black Canyon National Park, Colorado
		Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is a small park that encompasses the steep-walled canyons of the Gunnison River, which drains snowmelt from the Rocky Mountains in western Colorado.
		Although the elevation of canyon top is roughly level from the park’s eastern to western ends, the river drops about 300 meters (984 feet) from one end of the park to the other.
		Among the interesting geologic features of the Black Canyon is that a number of apparent “feeder canyons” actually stop and run dry, or in some cases slope in the wrong direction for water to flow into the canyon.
	earthobservatory.nasa.gov /Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17051 (475 words)

	Black Canyon of the Gunnison
		The extraordinary Black Canyon of the Gunnison (BCG) is a prime example of the latter pathway, and "extraordinary" hardly does it justice.
		Black Canyon Gneiss: The dark wall rocks seen here are the Black Canyon Gneiss, a suite of 1.78-1.65 Ga quartzitic gneisses, mica schists, intruding granites and migmatites, the last with the swirling banded pattern of light and dark taffies pulled together.
		Everywhere, the canyon walls are laced with white and pink veins of granite and pegmatite related to 1.4 Ga and later intrusions particularly well displayed in the Painted Wall.
	www.cliffshade.com /colorado/black_canyon (3243 words)

	Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado
		One of the steepest, darkest and most rugged of such canyons is formed by the Gunnison River as it flows through hard ancient rocks at the western edge of the Rocky Mountains, on its way to joining the Colorado river at Grand Junction.
		The canyon walls are composed of volcanic schist, predominantly fl in color, and as the gorge reaches depths of over 2,000 feet while often being only 1,500 feet across, sunlight illuminates the walls only briefly, hence the name 'Black Canyon'.
		However, all the canyon overlooks are found along the main entrance road, which continues alongside the canyon rim for 8 miles.
	www.americansouthwest.net /colorado/black_canyon_gunnison/national_park.html (762 words)

	Pierson v. Black Canyon Aggregates (2002) * Colorado
		The trial court granted summary judgment for Respondents, concluding that Montrose County, and not the Respondents, was the party in possession of the property for purposes of the statute and, thus, the landowner.
		On November 12, 1996, the County and Respondent Black Canyon Aggregates, Inc. entered into an agreement authorizing Respondent to crush gravel for the County at various County-owned or leased gravel pits throughout Montrose County as directed by the County.
		The trial court in this case granted summary judgment for Respondents, concluding that Montrose County, and not the Respondents, was the party in possession of the property for purposes of the statute and, thus, the landowner.
	www.claimrep.com /laws/cases/Co/caseCOPierson.htm (4032 words)

	Boulder Canyon Project-Hoover Dam
		The Colorado River Compact, signed at Santa Fe, New Mexico, on November 24, 1922, cleared the way for construction of the dam by allocating most of the river's estimated flow between the upper and lower basins of the river and providing for later division of what was thought to be water excess to these allocations.
		The height and base thickness of the dam, the size of the power units, the dimensions of the fusion-welded plate-steel pipes, the novel system of artificially cooling the concrete, the speed and coordination of construction, and other major features of the project were without precedent for their time.
		Construction was begun in Black Canyon in 1931 and the dam was dedicated on September 30, 1935.
	www.usbr.gov /dataweb/html/bcphoover.html (2355 words)

	Colorado Guide - Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
		Though the 6 mile drive that leads to the south rim of Black Canyon is unassuming, one quick glimpse over the edge of this magnificent, precipitous gorge will give anyone a tremendous appreciation for why the area was set aside as a national monument.
		Black Canyon, one of the most astounding canyons in the world, is as narrow as 1,100 feet across in places, yet its walls plummet 2,900 feet down to the Gunnison River far below.
		Water continues to be an issue in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.
	www.coloradoguide.com /nparks/blca/index.cfm (817 words)

	Climbing Older - Photo Gallery - Colorado - Black Canyon of the Gunnison
		Black Canyon of the Gunnison is one of the deepest, narrowest canyons in North America.
		This picture was taken at the Black Canyon National Park South Rim Visitor Center, from the viewing platform near the start of the Oak Flat Trail, November of 2002.
		Of the three trails descend down to the bottom of the canyon though, this is considered the easiest.
	home.att.net /~stacy.bender/Black_Canyon.html (382 words)

	Grand Canyon - Crystalinks
		The canyon is one of the seven natural wonders of the world and is largely contained in the Grand Canyon National Park - one of the first national parks in the United States.
		The canyon, created by the Colorado River cutting a channel over millions of years, is about 277 miles (446 km) long, ranges in width from 4 to 18 miles (6 to 29 kilometers) and attains a depth of more than a mile (1,600 m).
		The Colorado River drainage (of which the Grand Canyon is a part) has developed in the past 40 million years and the Grand Canyon itself is probably less than five to six million years old (with most of the downcutting occurring in the last two million years).
	www.crystalinks.com /grandcanyon.html (4113 words)

	BLACK CANYON ANGLERS: Wilderness Fly Fishing and Whitewater Rafting Trips through the Gunnison River Gorge, Colorado
		The steep and narrow walls of the famous Black Canyon section of the Gunnison River hold spectacular scenery and offer world class wilderness fly fishing and whitewater rafting trips to the experienced and novice alike.
		Located immediately downstream from the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, the Gunnison Gorge is federally protected as a National Conservation Area.
		Black Canyon Anglers is recognized as the largest permitted outfitter in the Gunnison Gorge.
	www.blackcanyonanglers.com /index.html (307 words)

	Black Canyon of the Colorado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Black Canyon is the canyon in which Hoover Dam is built.
		It is located on the Colorado River in the United States.
		This Nevada state location article is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_Canyon_of_the_Colorado (81 words)

	Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is a fantastic place for climbing some of the world's foremost wild canyons.
		The North Rim of the Black Canyon National Park and the East Portal road in Curecanti National Recreation Area are closed during the winter.
		Twelve of the most spectacular miles of the canyon are preserved as part of the 31,000 acre Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.
	www.adventure-crew.com /parks/BlackCanyon.asp (6460 words)

	Colorado's Black Canyon of the Gunnison
		The Black Canyon of the Gunnison lies hidden from drivers cruising Highway 50 between Gunnison and Montrose on the Western Slope.
		With a rising mist from the river and fiery sunsets of silver-lined clouds the color of molten lava, the canyon is vast, quiet, almost numbing.
		Black, white and gray-speckled, the blue grouse refuses to budge in mid-road.
	www.frontrangeliving.com /outdoors/Blackcanyon.htm (1779 words)

	Fly Fishing in Colorado: Gunnison River Gorge
		Black Canyon Anglers prides itself on serving delicious food that includes hot breakfasts, tasty lunches, and gourmet dinner (filet mignon or salmon).
		Group Sizes: Float Trips: Black Canyon Anglers is allowed to take a maximum of 12 people (8 clients and 4 guests in 4 boats) per day on the river per BLM regulations.
		Black Canyon Anglers reserves the right to combine smaller parties in order to fill all the available spots on any given launch day.
	www.blackcanyonanglers.com /fishing.html (685 words)

	Black Canyon of the Gunnison Wilderness Area - Colorado
		All of the wilderness is in the state of Colorado.
		In what's now known as the 53-mile-long Black Canyon, the gneiss was worn away with unimaginable slowness by the Gunnison River, creating the deepest narrow canyon in America, a moody terrain where lack of sunlight shrouds the bottom in almost perpetual shadow.
		The most scenic 12 miles of the canyon, which has been designated Wilderness from rim to rim, is included in the 20,766-acre Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.
	www.coloradowilderness.com /wildpages/blackcanyon.html (299 words)

	Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park - Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
		The Black Canyon of the Gunnison's unique and spectacular landscape was formed slowly by the action of water and rock scouring down through hard Proterozoic crystalline rock.
		No other canyon in North America combines the narrow opening, sheer walls, and startling depths offered by the Black Canyon of the Gunnison.
		Poison ivy is abundant at the bottom of Black Canyon.
	www.nps.gov /blca (203 words)

	Unaweep Canyon cuts across the Uncompahgre Plateau
		Canyons on the northeast side of the Uncompahgre Plateau were entrenched.
		Sediment brought in from the east by the Colorado and Gunnison Rivers forced the Gunnison to remain on the west side of the Grand Valley.
		East Creek removed the sediments and gravel deposits that were left in the Colorado's path to the north and northeast of Cactus Park, and then continued to erode downward to form its own canyon.
	www.durangobill.com /UnaweepCanyon.html (1010 words)

	Guided Rock Climbing in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado with Southwest Adventure Guides LLC
		The Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is one of Colorado's finest multi-pitch adventure climbing destinations.
		Located between the towns of Montrose and Gunnison, Colorado, no other canyon in North America combines the narrow opening, sheer walls, and humbling depths found in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison.
		Simply stated, the Black is one of the most awe-inspiring climbing destinations in the world.
	www.mtnguide.net /fall_spring/black.php (439 words)

	Black Canyon
		The canyon is very deep and committing with strenuous portaging…and poison ivy; don’t forget about the poison ivy.
		The best time to hit the Black Canyon is usually late summer when most of the snow-melt rivers are spent for the year.
		This all occurs in the stretch from the dam to the put-in pool for the Black.
	www.eddyflower.com /RunDetail.aspx?RunId=61 (1359 words)

	Black Canyon of the Gunnison Fly-Fishing (Colorado) \| Colorado Fly Fish Waters
		Indeed, there are points at which the depth of the Black Canyon exceeds the distance between its rims, and even in summer direct sunlight penetrates long reaches of the canyon only briefly each day.
		But the upper 13 miles, within the rugged Black Canyon National Monument, are fished only by the few who are willing to scramble more than 2,000 feet down eroded drainage gullies to the river—and then scramble back out.
		I fished the Black Canyon four times between 1988 and 1994 and saw a definite decline in my rainbow catch over the period, although this could have been coincidental.
	www.trails.com /tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=FGR030-023 (515 words)

	Black Canyon, Colorado River Paddle (pics) - 06/01/03
		Black Canyon, Colorado River Paddle (pics) - 06/01/03
		The sensation of watching the canyon fly by at speeds my boat has only seen on top of my truck was incredible.
		Most of the crew meet for lunch at a local hotel buffet for lunch and good-byes I think everyone had a memorable experience in spite of or because of the challenges.
	www.ckf.org /Reports/2003/03-06-01-BlackCanyon.htm (687 words)

	GORP - Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park - Colorado
		Sheer fl walls of schist and gneiss plummet as much as 2,700 feet along the 53-mile stretch of narrow gorge known as the Black Canyon.
		On the canyon floor, the Gunnison River rips through the gorge as it did 30 million years ago, when it began carving a chasm into the hard fl rock of the Gunnison Uplift.
		The Black Canyon of the Gunnison is our newest national park — its status changed from monument to park on October 21, 1999.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_nm/co_black.htm (750 words)

	Black Canyon and the Colorado River history
		The only evidence that remains of their habitation in Southern Nevada are petroglyphs etched into the canyon walls, metates used for grinding food and the remains of their huts.
		The Black Canyon of the Colorado River played a significant part in the establishment of communities in the American southwest.
		After his steamboat "The Explorer" hit a rock, 1st Lt. Joseph C. Ives of the Corps of Engineers continued in a skiff to explore the canyon and it was determined that when the water was high the canyon was navigable to steamboat traffic.
	foreverlodging.com /foreverinfo.cfm?PropertyKey=&ContentKey=11457 (777 words)

	Montrose, CO lodging can be found at the Black Canyon Motel, located close to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Montrose, CO lodging can be found at the Black Canyon Motel, located close to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.
		Situated on the Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains, Black Canyon Motel, our Montrose, CO lodging is surrounded by beautiful mountains and valleys, canyons and mesas for the wonderment of all who stay here.
		Black Canyon Motel is also close to Telluride Skiing and Ouray Ice Park, offering affordable accommodations for all.
	www.blizzardinternet.com /promoclients/BlackCanyonMotel11483.html (211 words)

	Black Canyon Inn - Estes Park - North Central Colorado
		The Black Canyon Inn lodging, in Estes Park has a secluded ambiance with mountain views of Rocky Mountain National Park.
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	www.coloradodirectory.com /blackcanyoninn (438 words)

	Black Canyon Photo Gallery by D J Wixx at pbase.com
		Various snaps of our 2 day/720 mile drive from Denver, Colorado to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado, also taking in the Blue Mesa Dam.
		The canyon is 48 miles long and on average 2,000 feet deep with the deepest section being 2,800 feet deep.
		The rim of the canyon is 7,700 feet above sea level.
	www.pbase.com /djwixx/blackcanyon (113 words)

	[ Black Canyon Golf Club ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Located in beautiful Montrose, Colorado, the Black Canyon Golf Club is surrounded by views of the San Juan Mountains and the Black Canyon National Park.
		The Black Canyon Golf Club is a unique course set up for all levels of golf.
		On behalf of the staff and the shareholders at the Black Canyon Golf Club we would like to welcome you to play our beautiful course.
	www.blackcanyongolfclub.com (164 words)

	Black Canyon Campground, Colorado
		Canyon Campground in Colorado is a great place to go.
		Nestled in a peaceful valley on the western slope of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, the Best Western Red Arrow is the gateway to the majestic San Juan mountains, the Black Canyon National Park and seve...
		The Black Canyon Motel is located within 30 minutes to some of the best hunting, fishing, snowmobiling in the state, only 19 minutes to Ridgeway Reservoir, only 40 miles to B...
	www.hikercentral.com /campgrounds/102669.html (659 words)

	In the Black on the blue Colorado - Black Canyon and Lake Mead river trips Sunset - Find Articles
		He was blase when we boarded the Black Canyon River Raft Tours bus in Boulder City, and remained that way until we reached the launch site, where he got his first bottom-up view of Hoover Dam.
		During the 3-hour-plus trip through beautiful Black Canyon, we did see lots of sheer rock walls, spring-fed oases, bighorn sheep, high-flying hawks, and powerboaters zooming up from Lake Mohave.
		Trips with Black Canyon River Raft Tours run through November and cost $65, $35 for ages 5 through 11; add $10 for transportation to and from Las Vegas.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1216/is_n5_v196/ai_18334084 (437 words)

	Black Canyon South Rim Scenic Drive: Black Canyon National Park \| Colorado Scenic Byways
		The Black Canyon of the Gunnison River, lying on the edge of the Colorado Plateau in western Colorado, teaches the fundamental geologic lesson that nothing ever remains the same.
		The South Rim Drive explores the southern edge of the Black Canyon, a deep, precipitous gorge hacked out of ancient bedrock by the Gunnison River in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument.
		The forested canyon rim yields glimpses of life: a porcupine-gnawed pinyon pine; the underbrush rustlings of rufous-sided towhees; the hoofbeats of an alarmed mule deer; and the jubilant howl of a distant coyote.
	www.trails.com /tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=XFA110-026 (391 words)

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