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Posted: 01 Nov 2018

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Thousand Creek Gorge

Thousand Creek Gorge
A spectacular slot canyon in extreme northern Nevada, on the Charles Sheldon Antelope Refuge not too far off Nevada State Route 140 (grandiosely named the "Winnemucca to the Sea Highway", from an early 20th century promotion). The inset shows a view downstream.
The canyon appears to be "superposed" in origin; that is, as Virgin Valley creek incised its course in this plateau it encountered this body of hard volcanic rock, and perforce eroded its course across it. This is in contrast to an "antecedent" drainage, in which the land rises as the stream keeps cutting to maintain its course.

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 Pam J
Pam J club
LOVE THIS
5 years ago.
 slgwv
slgwv club
Another little-known Nevada vista! ;)
5 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
Spectacular! I guess you have so many natural wonders that the masses concentrate on the ones that are well known and easy to reach.
5 years ago.
 slgwv
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Interesting you say that--designating an area as a national (or state) park makes it a Destination, and suddenly the crowds increase! For perfectly good reasons, of course; if you don't know much about an area, why _wouldn't_ you check out the places that have been specially labeled as of interest! But it leads to my feeling a bit ambivalent about such designations! ;)
In the early 90s, on a visit to Great Basin National Park in eastern Nevada, created only in 1986, we were amused by all the new tourist infrastructure, including German-language "coffee table" books in the visitor center! It seemed kind of incongruous-- ;)
5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.
 Gudrun
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Visitor pressure is getting a problem everywhere, people are clamouring for ever more facilities, are ruining the footpaths....
5 years ago.

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