Spanish Valley is a
flat in
Grand and
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, may refer to:
Places Argentina
* San Juan Province, Argentina
* San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province
* San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province
* San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...
counties in
Utah, United States, south of
Moab
Moab ''Mลรกb''; Assyrian: ๐ฌ๐ช๐๐๐ ''Mu'abรข'', ๐ ๐ช๐๐๐
''Ma'bรข'', ๐ ๐ช๐ ''Ma'ab''; Egyptian: ๐๐๐๐
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.
Description
The valley lies at an elevation of , and is south southeastward of the
Moab Valley
Moab ''Mลรกb''; Akkadian language, Assyrian: ๐ฌ๐ช๐๐๐ ''Mu'abรข'', ๐ ๐ช๐๐๐
''Ma'bรข'', ๐ ๐ช๐ ''Ma'ab''; Egyptian language, Egyptian: ๐๐๐๐
ฑ๐ ''Mลซ'ฤซbลซ'', name=, group= () is the name of an a ...
.
Pack Creek flows through Spanish Valley north northwestward into Moab Valley toward its
confluence
In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); o ...
with the
Colorado River.
History
The
Old Spanish Trail passed through Spanish Valley on its way to its Colorado River crossing at what is now Moab.
See also
*
List of valleys of Utah
References
External links
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Valleys of Utah
Old Spanish Trail (trade route)
Landforms of Grand County, Utah
Landforms of San Juan County, Utah