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Grand Wash Cliffs
The Grand Wash Cliffs extend south-southeast from the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument in northwest Arizona west of the Shivwits Plateau south through the Grand Cliffs Wilderness and into the Lake Mead Recreation Area. The Grand Wash Cliffs cross the Grand Canyon where the Colorado River enters Lake Mead. To the south of the Grand Canyon the Grand Wash Cliffs continue past the east side of Grapevine Mesa and then southeast above and east of the Hualapai Valley forming the southwest margin of the Music Mountains.''Arizona Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, Fourth Ed. 2001 pp. 21 and 29 List of landforms/communities along Grand Wash Cliffs (form north-to-south) * Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness (~north terminus) (Loc. dot 1) * Squaw Canyon * Pigeon Canyon * Pearce Canyon * Pearce Ferry, Lake Mead (at Colorado River) * Meadview, Arizona ( Grapevine Mesa, west, at foothills) (Loc. dot 2) * Garnet Mountain (Loc. dot 3) * Music Mountains (part of Hualapai Plateau elevations, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meadview, Arizona
Meadview is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, located near Lake Mead. As of the 2020 census, Meadview had 1,420 residents, up from 1,224 as of 2010. It was founded in the 1960s as a retirement community and is still largely one, as well as a vacation spot for people coming to enjoy Lake Mead. Geography Meadview is located in northern Mohave County at (36.00222, -114.0675) at an elevation of . It is north of Kingman, the county seat, via Pierce Ferry Road. From the road it is possible to see Lake Mead to the west, distant. Road access to the lake is to the north. Pearce Ferry on the Colorado River, at the west end of the Grand Canyon, is north of Meadview. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Meadview CDP has an area of , all land. Climate According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Meadview has a hot desert climate, abbreviated "BWk" on climate maps. Demographics Accordi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garnet Mountain
Garnets () are a group of silicate minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and abrasives. All species of garnets possess similar physical properties and crystal forms, but differ in chemical composition. The different species are pyrope, almandine, spessartine, grossular (varieties of which are hessonite or cinnamon-stone and tsavorite), uvarovite and andradite. The garnets make up two solid solution series: pyrope-almandine-spessartine (pyralspite), with the composition range ; and uvarovite-grossular-andradite (ugrandite), with the composition range . Etymology The word ''garnet'' comes from the 14th-century Middle English word ''gernet'', meaning 'dark red'. It is borrowed from Old French ''grenate'' from Latin ''granatus,'' from ''granum'' ('grain, seed'). This is possibly a reference to ''mela granatum'' or even ''pomum granatum'' ('pomegranate', ''Punica granatum''), a plant whose fruits contain abundant and vivid red seed covers ( arils), which ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
