The beginning of the story starts at the bottom of the.
Lower granite dam geological features.
Proceed 35 miles following the directional signs to lower granite dam.
Lower granite dam this congressionally authorized project consists of lower granite dam navigation lock powerhouse a fish ladder and associated facilities.
Annual statistics water.
The salt river o odham pima.
Scarborough june 30 1981 introduction the accompanying geologic maps depict the general geology of a two mile wide strip centered about the salt river starting just below roosevelt.
The project provides hydroelectric generation navigation recreation and incidental irrigation.
Its drainage basin is about 13 700 square miles 35 000 km 2 large.
Granite is composed mainly of quartz and feldspar with minor amounts of mica amphiboles and other minerals this mineral composition usually gives granite a red pink gray or white color with dark mineral.
From state highway 127 turn east just south of the snake river on lower deadman creek road.
At security gate dial 2210 for crossing escort.
It forms from the slow crystallization of magma below earth s surface.
Usgs 13343600 snake river below lower granite dam wa available data for this site summary of all available data location map time series.
Lower granite dam navigation lock is the last of eight locks encountered in the columbia snake inland waterway a 465 mile river highway that allows barge transport of commodities between the pacific ocean and lewiston id.
Granite is a light colored igneous rock with grains large enough to be visible with the unaided eye.
The grand canyon tells one of the world s greatest geologic stories.
Hwy 194 sw follow signs to almota and boyer park.
In 2015 more than 1 1 million tons of commercial commodities passed through the lower granite lock.
Usgs 13343595 snake river right bank bl lower granite dam wa provisional data subject to revision available data for this site summary of all available data location map time series.
Follow lower granite rd to dam.
The dam located at the upstream end of lake bryan is about 3 200 feet long with an.
Lower granite lock and dam is a concrete gravity run of the river dam in the northwest united states on the lower snake river in southeastern washington it bridges whitman and garfield counties.
Its distinctive features allow researchers to piece together the history of this unique location one of america s treasures and a unesco world heritage site.
The river is about 200 miles 320 km long.
Lower granite dam is part of the columbia river basin system of dams built and.
Opened 45 years ago in 1975 the dam is located 22 miles 35 km south of colfax and 35 miles 56 km north of pomeroy.
Thinking of the geologic record as a book is helpful to understand each page of earth s history.
