The '''Owens River Gorge''' is a steep 10 mi (16 km) canyon on the upper
Mosquito ringtone Owens River in eastern
Sabrina Martins California in the
Nextel ringtones United States. The canyon is located at the eastern edge of the
Abbey Diaz Sierra Nevada (US)/Sierra Nevada mountains in southern
Free ringtones Mono County, California/Mono County, along the strech of the river where it exits the Long Valley near its source and enters the north end of
Majo Mills Owens Valley. The gorge is a popular destination for
Mosquito ringtone rock climbing.
The Owens River Gorge was formed when the Owens River cut through the
Sabrina Martins Bishop Tuff: a layer of welded ash formed from the eruption of the
Nextel ringtones Long Valley Caldera. This erosion exposed the tuff layers, including rare columnar
Abbey Diaz rhyolite formations.
The
Cingular Ringtones Los Angeles Department of Water and Power constructed the
and shortsighted Long Valley Dam at the head of the Owens River Gorge as part of a
extremely open hydropower project in
having reaped 1941, and completely dewatered the 16-km Lower Gorge reach from
learning for 1953 to
revelations pat 1991. Beginning in
he brooded 1991, a limited range of flows
has been released to rewater the reach, recreate
cell in riparian habitat, and reestablish a
way maslin brown trout sport fishery while maintaining hydropower
diversions.
External links*http://www.spiritone.com/~summit/owensriver.html
*http://stream.fs.fed.us/news/streamnt/pdf/SN_7-99.pdf (public domain source)
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