Canyonlands National Park - Cave Divers Association of Australia (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Canyonlands National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Raft in the Big Drop Rapids, Cataract Canyon.Canyonlands is a popular recreational destination. Over 400,000 people visited the park in 2008. The geography of the park is well suited to a number of different recreational uses. Hikers, mountain bikers, backpackers, and four-wheelers all enjoy traversing the rugged, remote trails within the Park. Rafters and kayakers float the calm stretches of the Green River and Colorado River above the confluence. Below the confluence Cataract Canyon contains powerful whitewater rapids, similar to those found in the Grand Canyon. The Island in Sky district, with its proximity to the Moab, Utah area, attracts the majority (59 percent) of park users. The Needles district is the second most visited, drawing 35 percent of visitors. The rivers within the park and the remote Maze district each only account for 3 percent of park visitation. Political compromise at the time of the park's creation limited the protected area to an arbitrary portion of the Canyonlands basin. Conservationists hope to complete the park by bringing the boundaries up to the high sandstone rims that form the natural border of the Canyonlands landscape. False Kiva stone circle. Looking over the Green River from Island in the Sky. The Great Gallery, Horseshoe Canyon. Butte in Canyonlands, Horseshoe Canyon.The Colorado River and Green River combine to within the park, dividing it into three distinct districts. Below the confluence, the Colorado River flows through Cataract Canyon. The Island in the Sky district is a broad and level mesa to the north of the park between Colorado and Green river with many overlooks from the White Rim, a sandstone bench 1,200 feet (366 m) below the Isla... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=329500