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The Strawberry River is an
Image:Strawberry Pinnacles.jpg, Strawberry Pinnacles
Image:Strawberry River Pinnacles.jpg, River North of Pinnacles
The Strawberry River is an river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
located in eastern Utah
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, United States.
Description
Strawberry River'sheadwaters
The headwaters of a river or stream is the farthest place in that river or stream from its estuary or downstream confluence with another river, as measured along the course of the river. It is also known as a river's source.
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is located in the Wasatch Mountains
The Wasatch Range ( ) or Wasatch Mountains is a mountain range in the western United States that runs about from the Utah-Idaho border south to central Utah. It is the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains, and the eastern edge of the G ...
of the western Uintah Basin. The river flows south into Strawberry Reservoir
Strawberry Reservoir is a large reservoir in the U.S. state of Utah. It is Utah's most popular fishery, receiving over 1.5 million angling hours annually and is part of the Blue Ribbon Fisheries program. Game fish in the reservoir include sterili ...
, then through Soldier Creek Dam.
The first below Soldier Creek Dam is owned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and is one of Utah's most productive brown
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and cutthroat trout
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fisheries, and was one of the first waters in Utah to be designated a Quality Fishing Stream. This part of the river can only be accessed by a trail that runs along the north bank. No motorized vehicles are allowed.
below Soldier Creek Dam, the river runs by the Strawberry Pinnacles (sedimentary formations), where it is joined by the tributaries Avintaquin Creek and Red Creek. The narrow canyon the river runs through is characterized by high cliffs and dense foliage
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.
The river is impounded in the Starvation Reservoir within Starvation State Park. After exiting the reservoir the stream joins the Duchesne River
The Duchesne River ( ), located in the Uintah Basin region of Utah in the western United States, is a tributary of the Green River (Colorado River), Green River. The watershed of the river covers the Northeastern corner of Utah. The Duchesne Riv ...
east of the town of Duchesne Duchesne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Joseph Duchesne (c. 1544–1609), French physician and chemist. Physician-in-ordinary to King Henry IV
* André Duchesne (1584–1640), French historian
* François Duchesne (1616†...
.''Utah Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 9th ed., 2014, pp. 26-7
During extremely cold winters, areas of the river have frozen solid, causing the river to overflow its banks and flood the canyon floor. This happened in 1983 and 2000.
See also
*List of rivers of Utah
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Utah in the United States, sorted by drainage basin, watershed.
Colorado River
The Colorado River is a major river in the Western United States, emptying into the Gulf of California. Rivers are list ...
References
External links
Rivers of Utah Rivers of Duchesne County, Utah Rivers of Wasatch County, Utah Tributaries of the Colorado River in Utah Wasatch Range {{Utah-river-stub