Kogin Escalante

Kogin Escalante wani yanki ne na Kogin Colorado . An kafa shi ne ta hanyar haɗuwa da Upper Valley da Birch Creeks kusa da garin Escalante a kudu maso tsakiyar Utah, kuma daga can yana gudana kudu maso gabas kusan    kafin ya shiga Lake Powell. Rashin ruwa ya haɗa da tsaunukan gandun daji na Aquarius Plateau, gangaren gabas na Kaiparowits Plateau, da kuma babban hamada a arewacin Tafkin Powell. Ita ce kogi na ƙarshe na girmansa da za a gano a cikin Jihohin Amurka 48 da ke kusa. Matsakaicin fitarwa kusan 146 cfs (4.1 m3/s).

Almon Thompson ne ya fara tsara kogin kuma ya sanya masa suna, memba na balaguron Kogin Colorado na 1872 wanda John Wesley Powell ya jagoranta.Heath, Steven H. (1997). "A Historical Sketch of the Scientific Exploration of the Region Containing the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument". Bureau of Land Management Science Symposium. Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2009. An sanya masa suna ne bayan Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, mai wa'azi na Franciscan kuma sanannen mai binciken Turai na farko na yankin. A shekara ta 1776, Escalante da shugabansu na Mutanen Espanya Francisco Atanasio Domínguez sun bar Santa Fe, New Mexico a cikin ƙoƙari na isa Monterey, California. A lokacin wannan tafiya, yawanci ana kiranta da balaguron Domínguez-Escalante, Escalante da sahabbansa sun wuce Grand Canyon kuma su ne fararen mutane na farko da suka shiga Utah.

Yawancin hanyoyin Kogin Escalante suna ta hanyar gorges na sandstone. Kogin da tsaunuka masu tsawo waɗanda ke gudana a ciki sun zama babban sashi na Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Wannan yanki mai ban sha'awa sanannen wuri ne don yawo da tafiya-tafiye.

Ga mafi yawan shekara, Kogin Escalante karamin rafts ne, sauƙin tsallakewa ko waded. A lokacin bazara da kuma lokacin bazara, duk da haka, kogin na iya zama mai tsananin gaske, mai laka sau goma zuwa ɗari ya fi girma. A wasu shekaru, ana iya gudana kogin ta amfani da kayak ko canoes (ƙwarewa sun yi yawa), amma wannan yana buƙatar lokaci mai kyau - ruwa wanda ya yi tsayi ko ƙasa zai iya sa tafiya ba zai yiwu ba, masu jirgin ruwa - da kuma shirye-shiryen ɗaukar Jiragen ruwa ɗaruruwan ƙafafun tsaye a ƙarshen tafiya.



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