A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Sand bar in the Gunnison River, upstream from Blue Mesa Reservoir, Gunnison County, Colorado |
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| Description | This sand bar formed upstream of the Blue Mesa Dam on the Gunnison River because the dam has interrupted water flows and allowed sediment to become trapped. Depending on sedimentation rate, valleys behind dams may completely silt up and no longer function as reservoirs. |
| Location | USA ▹ Colorado ▹ Gunnison. Near Gunnison. View from U.S. 50. |
| Photographer | Dexter Perkins. 1999. |
| Collection | E17103099IF-25. |
| Key words | sand bar, Ble Mesa Dam, Colorado |
| Tech details | 292 KB. Vista. Canon EOS Rebel, 55mm, Kodak Elite Chrome 100 ASA. |
| GeoDIL number | 1788 |
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