Cottonwood Canyon is a canyon in central
Kane County,
Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
United States.
Description
The canyon is a water-carved
canyon
A canyon (; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), gorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tendency t ...
that has eroded along weak locations in the Earth's crust at the joins between major geological regions. To the east are the lower steps of the
Grand Staircase, which is not visible from the road, and to the north is the
Kaiparowits Plateau.
''Cottonwood Canyon Road, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument'' The American Southwest web site
Retrieved May 22, 2016.
See also
* List of canyons and gorges in Utah
* Cottonwood Canyon Road - a dirt road that passes through varied geological features, including a portion of Cottonwood Canyon
References
External links
Canyons and gorges of Utah
Landforms of Kane County, Utah
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