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The Strawberry River is an
Image:Strawberry Pinnacles.jpg, Strawberry Pinnacles
Image:Strawberry River Pinnacles.jpg, River North of Pinnacles
The Strawberry River is an river
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...
located in eastern Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
, United States.
Description
Strawberry River'sheadwaters
The headwater of a river or stream is the geographical point of its beginning, specifically where surface runoff water begins to accumulate into a flowing channel of water. A river or stream into which one or many tributary rivers or streams flo ...
is located in the Wasatch Mountains
The Wasatch Range ( ) or Wasatch Mountains is a mountain range in the western United States that runs about from the Utah-Idaho border south to central Utah. It is the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains, and the eastern edge of the G ...
of the western Uintah Basin. The river flows south into Strawberry Reservoir
Strawberry Reservoir is a large reservoir in the U.S. state of Utah, located on the Strawberry River. It is Utah's most popular fishery, receiving over 1.5 million angling hours annually and is part of the Blue Ribbon Fisheries program. Game fis ...
, then through Soldier Creek Dam.
The first below Soldier Creek Dam is owned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and is one of Utah's most productive brown
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In the ...
and cutthroat trout
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fisheries, and was one of the first waters in Utah to be designated a Quality Fishing Stream. This part of the river can only be accessed by a trail that runs along the north bank. No motorized vehicles are allowed.
below Soldier Creek Dam, the river runs by the Strawberry Pinnacles (sedimentary formations), where it is joined by the tributaries Avintaquin Creek and Red Creek. The narrow canyon the river runs through is characterized by high cliffs and dense foliage
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.
The river is impounded in the Starvation Reservoir
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within the Fred Hayes State Park at Starvation. After exiting the reservoir the stream joins the Duchesne River
The Duchesne River ( ), located in the Uintah Basin region of Utah in the western United States, is a tributary of the Green River. The watershed of the river covers the Northeastern corner of Utah. The Duchesne River is long,U.S. Geological S ...
east of the town of Duchesne.''Utah Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 9th ed., 2014, pp. 26-7
During extremely cold winters, areas of the river have frozen solid, causing the river to overflow its banks and flood the canyon floor. This happened in 1983 and 2000.
See also
*List of rivers of Utah
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Utah in the United States, sorted by drainage basin, watershed.
Colorado River
The Colorado River is a major river in the Western United States, emptying into the Gulf of California. Rivers are liste ...
References
External links
Rivers of Utah Rivers of Duchesne County, Utah Rivers of Wasatch County, Utah Tributaries of the Colorado River in Utah Wasatch Range {{Utah-river-stub