Sentences with phrase «foot deep gorge»

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Visiting the remote gorge of Nasja Creek in Arizona one summer, Abbey walked along its amber stream in the deep shadows of canyon walls towering hundreds of feet above on either side.

But in the rainy season, April through August, the river may swell in its deep gorge as much as 65 feet above flood stage.

David Noble didn't know he was going to make international headlines when he casually decided to explore a 2,000 - foot - deep gorge in Wollemi National Park, about 100 miles outside Sydney, Australia.

The geologists say that the ancient canyon — thousands of feet deep in places — effectively rules out a popular model used to explain how the massive and picturesque gorges of the Himalayas became so steep, so fast.

He spent his lifetime piecing together the story of how a raging wall of water hundreds of feet high roared across eastern Washington, carving deep channels before cascading down the Columbia River Gorge as a wall of water high enough to turn Oregon's Willamette Valley into a vast backwater lake.

When you reach the top, you get to circle the rim of Conkles Hollow, a deep, narrow gorge that's only 100 feet wide in certain places and boasts beautiful waterfalls and wildlife to boot.

Visit www.kapohokine.com Clients can zipline over Hamakua Coast rainforest scenery, including a 250 - foot waterfall and a 300 - foot - deep gorge with ocean and Maunakea mountain views, at Botanical World Adventures.

In the late 1700s, enslaved Africans carved a gorge, more than 100 feet deep, into a solid limestone hillside with axes and other sharp hand tools.

The next morning, take a hike in the 80 - mile - long, 4,000 - feet - deep Columbia River Gorge.

We have almost crossed the Pyrenees, but this mountain range keeps surprising us: deep gorges, mighty massives, a group of houses lumped together on a mountain top, fast - flowing rivers and rustling streams, pine woods, mountain pastures and picturesque towns in the foot hills.

This morning, we enjoy a scenic excursion around Jasper National Park, discovering the beautiful Maligne Canyon, a 164 foot (50m) deep gorge of sheer limestone walls, waterfalls and rock formations.

The Maligne Canyon, a 164 feet (50 metres) deep gorge of sheer limestone walls with a number of interesting rock formations, is very popular with tourists, as is Maligne Lake - the largest glacier - fed body of water in the region.

The scenery is simply awesome, with soaring granite peaks, deep gorges and waterholes, and it's one of the best places to see the rare yellow - footed rock wallaby.

Akaka Falls is a 442 foot tall waterfall that plunges down into a deep gorge.

The Lost Blue Hole is a gorge on the ocean floor that measures 100 feet across and 200 feet deep.