A cottonwood tree in Capitol Gorge, Utah
About this photograph
- Creator
- Margery H. Freeman
- Date created
- Unknown
- Location
- Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
- License
- This photograph copyright ©2008. All Rights Reserved
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A cottonwood tree in Capitol Gorge. Capitol Reef National Park encompasses over 75 miles of the 100 mile long Waterpocket Fold. Waterpocket Fold is a steep rift in the landscape known as a monocline, a fold in the Earth’s crust usually resulting from an underlying fault. It is known as Waterpocket Fold for the basins that form in the rift as water erodes the formations. The park itself is named after one of its most magnificent features, Capitol Reef. Capitol Reef is named for the large domes of white Navajo sandstone that resemble the domes of capitol buildings as well as the tall cliffs that surround the area and impede travel.
