The Green River, located in the western United States, is the chief tributary of the Colorado River. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Colorado River (' Aha Kwahwat in Mojave) is a River in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately The Green River itself is 730 mi (1,175 km) long. The Green River Basin covers parts of Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado. The State of Wyoming ( is a sparsely populated state in the western region of the United States. The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States. The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. The headwater of the river begins in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming, and flows through Utah for much of its course, draining the northeastern portion of the state while looping for 40 mi (64 km) into western Colorado. The Wind River Range (or "Winds" for short is a Mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in western Wyoming in the United States. The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. Much of its route is through the Colorado Plateau, some of the most spectacular canyons in the United States. The Colorado Plateau, also called the Colorado Plateaus Province, is a physiographic region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the For the song see CANYONMID. For the band see Canyon (band. A canyon (rarely cañon) or gorge The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It is only slightly smaller than the Colorado when the two rivers merge, but typically carries a larger load of silt. The average yearly mean flow of the river at Green River, Utah is 6,121 cubic feet (173. Green River is a city in Emery and Grand Counties in the US state of Utah. 3 m³) per second[1].
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Description
It rises in western Wyoming, in northern Sublette County, on the western side of the continental divide in the Bridger-Teton National Forest in the Wind River Range. Sublette County is a County located in the US state of Wyoming. A continental divide is a line of elevated Terrain which forms a border between two watersheds such that Water falling on one side of the line eventually Bridger-Teton National Forest is located in western Wyoming, United States. The Wind River Range (or "Winds" for short is a Mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in western Wyoming in the United States. It flows south through Sublette County and western Wyoming in an area known as the Upper Green River Valley, then southwest and is joined by the Big Sandy River in western Sweetwater County. The Big Sandy River (also called Big Sandy Creek) is a tributary of the Green River in Wyoming in the United States. Sweetwater County is a County located in the US state of Wyoming. At the town of La Barge, it flows into Fontanelle Reservoir, formed by Fontanelle Dam. Below there, it flows through open sage covered rolling prairie where it is crossed by the Oregon, California and Mormon emigration trails and then further south until it flows past the town of Green River and into the Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Southwestern Wyoming, formed by the Flaming Gorge Dam in northeastern Utah. Pioneers traveled across the Oregon Trail, one of the main overland migration routes on the North American Continent, in wagons in order to settle new parts of the The California Trail was a major overland Emigrant route across the Western United States from Missouri to California in the middle 19th The Mormon Green River is a city in southwestern Wyoming in Sweetwater County. Flaming Gorge Reservoir is a reservoir in Wyoming and Utah, on the Green River, created by the Flaming Gorge Dam. Flaming Gorge Reservoir is a reservoir in Wyoming and Utah, on the Green River, created by the Flaming Gorge Dam.
South of the dam it flows eastward, looping around the eastern tip of the Uinta Mountains going from Utah into northwestern Colorado and through Browns Park before turning west and then south into Dinosaur National Monument where it passes through the Canyon of the Lodore (Otherwise known as the Gates of Lodore) and is joined by the Yampa River at Steamboat Rock. The Uinta Mountains (juːˈɪntə are a high chain of mountains in northeastern Utah and extreme northwestern Colorado in the United States Brown's Park is an isolated mountain valley along the Green River in Moffat County, Colorado and Daggett County, Utah, United Dinosaur National Monument is a US National Monument located on the southeast flank of the Uinta Mountains on the border between the American The Yampa River is a tributary of the Green River, approximately 250 mi (402 km long in the U It turns westward back into Utah along the southern edge of the Uintas in Whirlpool Canyon. In Utah it meanders southwest across the Yampa Plateau and through the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation and the Ouray National Wildlife Refuge. The Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation is located in northeastern Utah, USA. Ouray National Wildlife Refuge (also called Ouray National Waterfowl Refuge) is a Wildlife refuge in northeastern Uintah County Utah, part of the Two miles south of Ouray, Utah, it is joined by Duchesne River, and three miles (5 km) downstream by the White River. The White River is a tributary of the Green River, approximately 160 mi (257 km long in the U Ten miles farther downstream it is joined by the Willow River.
South of the plateau, it is joined by the Nine Mile River, then enters the Roan Cliffs where it flows south through the back-to-back Desolation and Gray Canyons, with a combined length of 120 mi (192 km). Desolation Canyon is a 2006 made for TV western Film starring Stacy Keach and Patrick Duffy. In Gray Canyon, it is joined by the Price River. The Price River is a river in the state of Utah, in the United States. South of the canyon it passes the town of Green River, Utah and is joined by the San Rafael River in southern Emery County. Green River is a city in Emery and Grand Counties in the US state of Utah. The San Rafael River is a tributary of the Green River, approximately 90 miles (145 km long in east central Utah in the United States. Emery County is a County located in the US state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was 10860 and by 2005 had been estimated to decrease to 10711 In eastern Wayne County it meanders through Canyonlands National Park where it joins the Colorado. Wayne County is a County located in the US state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was 2509 and by 2005 had been estimated to decrease to 2450 Canyonlands National Park is located in the American state of Utah, near city of Moab and preserves a colorful landscape eroded into countless canyons
The Flaming Gorge Dam in Utah is a significant regional source of water for irrigation and mining, as well as for hydroelectric power. Begun in the 1950s and finished in 1963, it was highly controversial and opposed by conservationists. Originally, a dam was to be built in Whirlpool Canyon, but the conservationist movement traded the Flaming Gorge dam for halting that proposal. Apocryphally, the Sierra Club, a not-for-profit environmental organization, lost its tax-exempt status for opposing the proposed dam. Mission statement To explore enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth To practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources To educate and
The Green is a large, deep, powerful river. It ranges from 100 to 300 feet (30 to 100 m) wide in the upper course to 300 to 1,500 feet (460 m) wide in its lower course and ranges from 3 to 50 feet (1 to 15 m) in depth. It is navigable by small craft throughout its course and by large motorboats upstream to Flaming Gorge Dam.
History
Archaeological evidence indicates that the in the tributary canyons and in sheltered areas river valley were home to the Fremont Culture, which flourished from the 7th century to the 13th century. Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos The Fremont culture or Fremont people is a Pre-Columbian Archaeological culture which received its name The Fremont were a semi-nomadic people who lived in pithouses and are best known for the rock art on canyon walls and in sheltered overhangs.
In later centuries, the river basin was home to the Shoshone and Ute peoples, both nomadic hunters. The Shoshone ( or) are a Native American tribe with three large divisions the Northern the Western and the Eastern The Utes (/juːts/ " yoots " are an ethnically related group of American Indians now living primarily in Utah and Colorado. The Shoshone inhabited the river valley the north of the Uintah Mountains, whereas the Utes lived to the south. The current reservation of the Utes is in the Uinta Basin. The Shoshone called the river the Seeds-kee-dee-Agie, meaning "Prairie Hen River. The Shoshone ( or) are a Native American tribe with three large divisions the Northern the Western and the Eastern "
In 1776, the Spanish friars Silvestre Vélez de Escalante and Francisco Atanasio Domínguez crossed the river, naming it the Rio de San Buenaventura. Silvestre Vélez de Escalante was a Franciscan Missionary and explorer of the Southwest United States during the late 18th century Francisco Atanasio Domínguez, a native of Mexico City, was ordained a Franciscan priest and Missionary and explorer of the Southwest United States The non-existent Buenaventura River, alternatively San Buenaventura River, Río Buenaventura, etc The map-maker of the expedition, Captain Bernardo Miera y Pacheco, erroneously indicated that the river drained the Great Salt Lake into the Pacific Ocean. Great Salt Lake, located in the northern part of the US state of Utah, is the largest salt lake in the western hemisphere the fourth-largest terminal The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions Later Spanish and Mexican explorers adopted the Rio Verde, meaning "Green River" in Spanish. The origin of the name "Green" is obscure but perhaps is based on the color of the water. The Old Spanish Trail from New Mexico to California crossed the river just above the present-day town of Green River, Utah. The Old Spanish Trail is a historic Trade route which connected the northern New Mexican settlement of Santa Fé with that of Los Ángeles New Mexico ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States of America. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.
In the early 19th century, the upper river in Wyoming was part of the disputed Oregon Country. Oregon Country or Oregon (to be distinguished from the American State also called Oregon) was a predominantly American term referring to It was explored by trappers from the Hudson's Bay Company in 1819. In 1825, the American William Ashley and party of American explorers floated down the river from north of the Uintah Mountains to the mouth of the White River. The White River is a tributary of the Green River, approximately 160 mi (257 km long in the U The valley of the river became increasing used as a wintering ground for American trappers in the next decades, with trading posts established at the mouth of the White near Whiterocks, Utah, and in Browns Park. Whiterocks is a Census-designated place (CDP in Uintah County, Utah, United States.
The region was explored by John C. Fremont on several of his expeditions in the 1840s. John Charles Frémont ( January 21, 1813 July 13, 1890) was an American military officer, explorer, the Fremont corrected the cartographic error of Miera, establishing firmly that the river did not drain the Great Salt Lake. In 1869, the river was surveyed and mapped by John Wesley Powell as part of the first of his two expeditions to the region. John Wesley Powell ( March 24, 1834 - September 23, 1902) was a U During his two voyages in 1869 and 1871, he and his men gave most of the current names of the canyons, geographic features, and rapids along the river.
From the 1840s through the 1860s hundreds of thousands of emigrants made their way west along the Oregon, California and Mormon emigration trails. Pioneers traveled across the Oregon Trail, one of the main overland migration routes on the North American Continent, in wagons in order to settle new parts of the The California Trail was a major overland Emigrant route across the Western United States from Missouri to California in the middle 19th The Mormon Nearly all of the primary emigration routes had to cross the Green River at some point. The main trail crossed near where the Big Sandy River joins the Green River in Wyoming. The Big Sandy River (also called Big Sandy Creek) is a tributary of the Green River in Wyoming in the United States. Ferries offered a safer alternative then trying to ford the stream. Some of the popular ferries included the Lombard and Robinson ferries at the main crossing, and the Mormon, Mountain Man, and Names Hill ferries where the popular Sublette-Greenwood cutoff forded the river further upstream. The path followed by the Oregon Trail, California Trail and Mormon Trail (collectively referred to as the Emigrant Trail
In 1878 the first permanent settlement in the river valley was founded at Vernal by a party of Mormons led by Jeremiah Hatch. "Vernal" is an adjective meaning "of or pertaining to spring. Mormonism is a term used to describe the religious, ideological and cultural elements of certain branches of the Latter Day Saint movement The settlement survived a diphtheria epidemic its first winter, as well as a panic caused by the Meeker Massacre in Colorado. Diphtheria ( Greek διφθερα ( diphthera)—“pair of leather scrolls" is an upper respiratory tract illness characterized by sore Nathanial C Meeker ( July 12, 1817 &ndash September 30, 1879) was a 19th century U The town is currently the largest in the Green River Valley.
Most of the land in the valley of the river today is owned and controlled by the federal government. Private holdings are largely limited to bottoms. Until the 1940s, the economy of valley was based largely on ranching. Tourism has emerged as the dominant industry in the region in the last several decades.
Natural resources
The discovery of petroleum at the Ashley Field after World War II has led to the exploitation of oil and natural gas in the region. Petroleum ( L petroleum, from Greek πετρέλαιον, lit World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Natural gas is a Gaseous Fossil fuel consisting primarily of Methane but including significant quantities of Ethane, Propane, The Green River Basin is said to have the largest fossil fuel deposits in the world [2], in the form of oil shale. There is estimated to be between 500 billion and 1. 1 trillion barrels (80 and 175 km³) of potentially recoverable oil in the basin[3].
The Green River Basin contains the world's largest known deposit of trona ore near Green River, Wyoming. This page is about the mineral For the town please see Trona California; for the geological feature please see Trona Pinnacles. Soda ash mining from trona veins 900 and 1600 feet (300 and 500 m) deep is a major industrial activity in the area, employing over 2000 persons at four mines. Sodium carbonate (also known as washing soda or soda ash), is a Sodium Salt of Carbonic acid. The mining operation is less expensive for production of soda ash in the United States than the synthetic Solvay process, which predominates in the rest of the world. The Solvay process, also referred to as the ammonia-soda process is the major industrial process for the production of Soda ash ( Sodium carbonate
The area has been mined for uranium. Uranium (jʊˈreɪniəm is a silvery-gray Metallic Chemical element in the
See also
- Crystal Geyser
- Dinosaur National Monument
- Green River (Washington)
- List of Wyoming rivers
- List of Colorado rivers
- List of Utah rivers
- Emigrant Trail in Wyoming
References
- ^ Michael Enright; D. Crystal Geyser is located on the east bank of the Green River approximately 4 Dinosaur National Monument is a US National Monument located on the southeast flank of the Uinta Mountains on the border between the American The Green River is a 65 mile long river in the state of Washington in the United States, arising on the western slopes of the Cascade Mountains south The following is a list of Rivers in Wyoming, United States. East of the continental divide Missouri River watershed See also Geography of Colorado Colorado drainage basins Lists of Rivers and Streams in the U This is a list of Rivers in the US state of Utah in the United States, sorted by Watershed. The path followed by the Oregon Trail, California Trail and Mormon Trail (collectively referred to as the Emigrant Trail E. Wilberg; J. R. Tibbetts (April, 2005). "Water Resources Data, Utah, Water Year 2004". . U. S. Geological Survey Retrieved on 2008-01-20. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. , page 120
- ^ Shell's Ingenious Approach to Oil Shale Rocky Mountain News September 3, 2005
- ^ Study Reveals Huge U.S. Oil-shale Field Seattle Times September 1, 2005
External links
- Utah History: The Green River
- The Green River
- Green River Headwaters: Green River Lakes
- Official Stream-Flow and Water-Supply Forecasts
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