Hickman Natural Bridge

Hickman Natural Bridge gada ce mai tsayin ƙafa 125 (38m) wacce ke cikin Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County, Utah, Amurka. Samuwar ya kai ƙafa 133 (mita 40), yana mai da ita ɗaya daga cikin mafi girman dutsen da ke cikin wurin shakatawa.   

 Geology 
An sassaƙa gadar dutsen yashi ne daga tsarin yanayin ƙasa da aka fi sani da Kayenta Formation shekaru miliyan 65 da suka wuce, wanda aka kafa ta ta hanyar kwararowar ruwa da ke gangarowa daga bakin dutsen kuma daga ƙarshe ya keta ta cikin lallausan shale. Manyan dutsen basalt da andesite na asalin volcanic an ajiye su ta hanyar narkar da tarkacen glacial daga tsaunin Boulder da Dubban Tafkuna a yammacin wurin shakatawa.   Gadar Hickman ta mamaye abin da yanzu busasshen wanke yake.  

 Tarihi 
Saboda kusancinsa da kogin Fremont, yankin Capitol Reef ya fara zama ne ta mutanen Fremont na prehistoric, sannan Paiutes tsakanin 300 da 1300 AZ   Paiutes ya biyo baya [1] [2] ana iya ganin ragowar granary da pithouse a kan bangon canyon da kuma tare da hanyar.
Mormons sun zauna kwarin kusa da gada a cikin 1880s kuma suka kafa Junction kusa (daga baya aka sake masa suna Fruita ).  Bayan da aka kiyaye yankin a shekara ta 1937, kungiyar ta karbar bakuncin farko ta wurin shakatawa, daga baya aka gabatar da gadar, da kuma majalisar Hickman ta gabatar da ita ga majalisar dokokin jihar Usesa a  

Wani gagarumin tsautsayi ya faru a Hickman Bridge Trailhead a ranar 23 ga Maris, 2013, kuma an rufe hanyar bayan gano tarkace.  Tare da taimakon ma'aikatan da ke kusa da Canyonlands National Park da Rocky Mountain National Park a Colorado, an daidaita hanyar a kusa da tarkacen tarkace kuma a hukumance aka sake buɗe watanni 6 daga baya a cikin Nuwamba. 

 Ilimin halittu 
'Yan asali zuwa kudu maso yammacin Amurka, ana iya ganin itatuwan juniper na Utah a kusa da kogin a ko'ina cikin hanyar. Mormon shayi, pinyon pine da prickly pear cactus suma suna da yawa a yankin.  Dabbobin asali kamar tumaki manya da zakuna na tsaunuka suna zama a yankin kuma a wasu lokuta suna haifar da haɗari ga masu tafiya.

 Yanayi 
Lokacin bazara da kaka sune mafi kyawun yanayi don ziyarci gadar Hickman. Dangane da tsarin rarrabuwar yanayi na Köppen, yana cikin yankin yanayi mai sanyi mai sanyi, wanda aka ayyana shi da mafi sanyi watan yana da matsakaicin matsakaicin zafin jiki ƙasa da , kuma aƙalla kashi 50% na yawan hazo da ake samu a lokacin bazara da bazara. Wannan yanayin hamada yana samun kasa da  na ruwan sama na shekara-shekara, kuma dusar ƙanƙara ta hunturu tana da haske gabaɗaya.

 Shiga 
Ana iya samun dama ga gadar ta hanyar tafiya mai nisan mil 1.8 daga titin Hickman Bridge akan Hanyar Jihar Utah 24 kusa da Torrey, Utah . Hanyar tana ƙarƙashin gada da kewayen gadar, kuma Ma'aikatar Parking ta ƙasa tana ɗaukar matsakaicin wahala saboda juyawa da tsayin sawu. Hanyar tana bin Kogin Fremont kafin shiga kwarin, kuma yana ba da damar zuwa Rim Overlook Trail, Navajo Knobs Trail, Capitol Dome, da Navajo Dome .  

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