Angel Arch

Angel Arch shine mafi girman akwatin halitta wanda ke cikin Canyonlands National Park, a cikin San Juan County, Utah .  Wasu suna la'akari da shi mafi kyau da ban Matakai a cikin wurin shakatawa, idan ba duka ƙasar canyon ba. Tana cikin wani gefen canyon na Salt Creek Canyon, a cikin Gundumar Needles na wurin shakatawa. Ruwan sama daga Angel Arch yana gudana a arewa zuwa Kogin Colorado da ke kusa da Salt Creek. Tafiyar tafiye-tafiye mai nisan kilomita 29 zuwa Angel Arch tana kaiwa ga ra'ayi, kuma ƙarin hanyar 0.75-mile tana shiga cikin buɗewar bakan. Sunan bayanin akwatin ya fito ne daga kamaninsa da mala'ika tare da fuka-fuki da aka ninka, kuma yana tsaye tare da bayansa zuwa buɗewar akwatin. Kafin sunan wannan fasalin ya karɓi shi a hukumance a 1963 ta Hukumar Amurka kan Sunayen Yanayi, an kira shi Pegasus Arch .  John Markel da Kevin Chase ne suka fara hawa a watan Yunin 1993.

 Ilimin ƙasa 
Wannan tsari na ilimin ƙasa shine ƙuƙwalwar ƙuƙwalwa wanda ya ƙunshi Cedar Mesa Sandstone, wanda shine ragowar yashi na bakin teku da aka ajiye kimanin shekaru miliyan 245-286 da suka gabata, a farkon zamanin Permian. A saman tsari ya tashi   sama da canyon bene, kuma budewa yana da tsawo na  , da faɗin  . 

 Yanayi 
Lokacin bazara da faduwa sune lokutan da suka fi dacewa don ziyartar Angel Arch. 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 -0 ° C (32 ° F) 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.  

 Gidan wasan kwaikwayo 

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