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Padre Canyon is adjacent to Red Mountain in Ivins, Utah, USA, featuring a 3 sided canyon and scenic sentinels carved from the red Navajo Sandstone. Padre Canyon is at the merging of three great ecosystems, the Mojave Desert, the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin. The area is biologically rich with a unique combination of plants and animals rarely seen in one place. Other geological features of the canyon include Padre Rock, the Padre Arch, pillared rock formations and sand dunes. During the rainy season, waterfalls are present on the rocky western aspect. ==About== Padre Canyon is in southwest Utah, 50 miles West of Zion National Park with a valley elevation of 3100 feet above sea level. Padre Canyon is a three sided canyon oriented north to south. To the east is steep sloping hillside that gradually merges upward into vertical Kayenta and Navajo Sandstone cliffs at 4000 feet elevation. The east side of the canyon descends southward to 3500 feet and abruptly terminates in the North Black Rocks lava field. The north end of the canyon is a saddle with a trail peak of 3740 feet in altitude. The west side of the canyon is Red Mountain at 4500 feet in altitude. To the south of the canyon is the low lying basin of the Mohave Desert with vistas of the Utah Range, the first in a long series of ranges of the Basin and Range Physiographic province.〔Hansen, E (2012) On and Off the Beaten Path, Hiking Routes Near St. George, UT. Shop Chicken Publications, Ivins UT.〕 The area is bordered and protected by Snow Canyon State Park, the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area (managed by the Bureau of Land Management), and the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve.. The canyon is adjacent to the Red Mountain Wilderness. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Padre Canyon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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