Roaring Rapids (Colorado River)

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Roaring Rapids
Roaring Rapids is located in Arizona
Roaring Rapids
Roaring
Rapids
Location in
Nevada–Arizona
Geography
Coordinates35°50′35″N 114°42′12″W / 35.84306°N 114.70333°W / 35.84306; -114.70333Coordinates: 35°50′35″N 114°42′12″W / 35.84306°N 114.70333°W / 35.84306; -114.70333 

Roaring Rapids are one of several rapids in the Black Canyon of the Colorado, 10.25 miles above El Dorado Canyon in the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada.[1]

History[]

The Roaring Rapids were one of two of the significant hazards to navigation to steamboats, barges, and other shipping when ascending or descending the Colorado River between El Dorado Canyon and Callville, in the 19th Century.[2] : 47, 49  The other was the Ringbolt Rapids, 12 miles farther up the river.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roaring Rapids
  2. ^ Richard E. Lingenfelter, Steamboats on the Colorado River, 1852-1916, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1978
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ringbolt Rapids
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