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Unaweep Canyon : ウィキペディア英語版
Unaweep Canyon

Unaweep Canyon is a geologically unique canyon that cuts across the Uncompahgre Plateau, Mesa County, in western Colorado. It is unique because two creeks, East Creek and West Creek, flow out of opposite ends of the canyon, separated by the almost imperceptible Unaweep Divide. State Highway 141 runs inside Unaweep Canyon between Whitewater and Gateway, one segment of the Colorado designated Unaweep/Tabeguache Scenic Byway.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Unaweep Tabeguache )〕〔(ColoradoDOT.info: ''Unaweep/Tabeguache Scenic and Historic Byway'' ) Management Plan, 1995〕 The Unaweep Divide, elevation , is near mile marker 135 on SH 141.〔
==Hypotheses of origin==
There are multiple explanations for the origin of Unaweep Canyon. In the late 19th century, members of the Hayden Survey recognized the oddity of a canyon with two outlets, and suggested it was carved by the ancestral Colorado or Gunnison river. Many others have also suggested it was carved by either the Gunnison or Colorado Rivers, but evidence for gravel deposits characteristic of these rivers was elusive, and the existence of the divide remains difficult to explain. Several have suggested that Plio-Pleistocene uplift caused diversion of the (Colorado and/or Gunnison) river(s) and abandonment of the canyon.〔Lohman, S.W., 1961, Abandonment of Unaweep Canyon, Mesa County, Colorado, by capture of the Colorado and Gunnison Rivers: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 424-B, p. B144-B146.〕 But rates of river incision typically exceed those of tectonic uplift, making this unlikely. The many apparent glacial-like features of the canyon's inner gorge have led some to suggest a Pleistocene glacial origin for the canyon,〔Cole, R.D., and Young, R.G., 1983, Evidence for glaciation in Unaweep Canyon, Mesa County, Colorado, in Averett, W.R., ed, Northern Paradox Basin-Uncompahgre Uplift, Grand Junction Geological Society—1983 Field Trip, p. 73-80.〕 but the low elevation of the canyon, and lack of Pleistocene glacial deposits, make this problematic.

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