On our ride through Moab UT and Arches
National Park we took a ride in a jet boat along the Colorado River. Here are few pictures that we took.
Facts about the river are below:
The river turns southwest near
Fruita, Colorado, and is joined by the
Dolores River soon after entering Utah. It partially forms the southern border of
Arches National Park near
Moab, Utah, and then passes by
Dead Horse Point State Park and through
Canyonlands National Park where it is met by one of its primary tributaries, the
Green River. The Colorado River then flows into
Lake Powell, formed by the
Glen Canyon Dam, where the
San Juan River joins. Below the dam, water released from the bottom of Lake Powell makes the river clear, clean, and cold. Just south of the town of
Page,
Arizona, the river forms the dramatic
Horseshoe Bend, then at
Lees Ferry is joined by another tributary, the warm, shallow, muddy
Paria River, and begins its course through
Marble Canyon. Here, the Colorado River ranges from 175 to 700 ft (50 to 210 m) in width and 9 to 130 ft
National Park we took a ride in a jet boat along the Colorado River. Here are few pictures that we took.
Facts about the river are below: