Hasumiyar EPH Hanks

Eph Hanks Tower babban taro ne mai tsawon mita 6,540 wanda ke cikin Capitol Reef National Park, a cikin Wayne County na Utah, Amurka.U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: EPH Hanks Tower Wannan alamar tana da nisan kilomita 13 a kudu maso gabashin cibiyar baƙi ta wurin shakatawa, nisan kilomita  a kudu maso kudu maso gabobin Ferns Nipple, da nisan .4 a kudu maso yammacin Golden Throne, a bakin Capitol Gorge inda hanyar Capitol Reef Scenic Drive ta ƙare. Yana da tsawo 900 feet sama da yankin picnic a ƙasa da ɓangaren arewa. Ruwan sama daga wannan fasalin yana gudana ne daga Capitol Wash da Pleasant Creek, wani yanki na Kogin Fremont, wanda shi ma yana cikin kwandon kwararar Kogin Colorado. Wannan fasalin ilimin ƙasa an sanya masa suna ne bayan Ephraim Knowlton Hanks (1-1896), majagaba na Mormon  mazaunin dindindin na farko a yankin Capitol Reef, wanda tare da iyalinsa suka zauna a yankin Pleasant Creek na Capitol Reif a cikin 1881. Ephraim Hanks' Floral Ranch a kan Pleasant Creek ya ba da mafaka mai aminci ga masu auren mata da yawa tare da hanyar jirgin ƙasa ta Mormon.Capitol Reef Administrative History, nps.gov

 Ilimin ƙasa 
Hasumiyar Eph Hanks ta ƙunshi Wingate Sandstone, wanda shine ragowar yashi mai iska wanda aka ajiye kimanin shekaru miliyan 200 da suka gabata a cikin Late Triassic .  Wingate Sandstone mai wuya, wanda ke da alaƙa da samar da tsaunuka masu tsawo, yana rufe gadaje masu laushi na Chinle Formation. Tsawon lokaci bayan an ajiye duwatsun da aka ajiye, an ɗaga Colorado Plateau daidai, yana riƙe da yadudduka kusan a kwance, amma Capitol Reef ya bambanta saboda Waterpocket Fold, classic monocline, wanda aka kafa tsakanin shekaru 50 da 70 da suka gabata a lokacin Laramide Orogeny.Capitol Reef Geology, NPS.gov 

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 Yanayi 
Lokacin bazara da faduwa sune lokutan da suka fi dacewa don ziyartar Hasumiyar Eph Hanks. Dangane da tsarin rarraba yanayi na Köppen, yana cikin yankin yanayi mai sanyi, wanda aka bayyana ta hanyar watan sanyi wanda ke da matsakaicin matsakaicin zafin jiki a ƙasa da 32 ° F (0 ° C), kuma aƙalla 50% na jimlar ruwan sama na shekara-shekara da ake karɓa a lokacin bazara da rani. Wannan yanayin hamada yana karɓar ƙasa da inci 10 (250 millimeters) na ruwan sama na shekara-shekara, kuma dusar ƙanƙara yawanci yana da sauƙi a lokacin hunturu.  

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