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'''Tule Valley''' may refer to: |
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{{Geobox|Valley |
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*[[Tule Valley, California]], in [[Riverside County]] (originally [[Round Valley]])[http://books.google.com/books?id=Ik8AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA565] |
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| name = Tule Valley |
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*[[Tule Valley, Montana]], in [[Roosevelt County, Montana|Roosevelt County]] |
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| other_name = <small>(1859: White Valley)</small> |
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*[[Tule Valley, Nevada]], in [[Elko County]] |
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| category = [[dry lake]] |
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*[[Tule Valley, Utah]], a wilderness area in [[Millard County]] |
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| etymology = <!--small>"whiteness of the rocks"</small>ref name=Cott>{{cite book |last=Van Cott |first=John Waldemar |origyear=1990 |year=1991 |title=Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=z3Pqk9tazU4C&pg=PA397 |page=397 |isbn=0-87480-345-4 |quote=<small>''WHITE VALLEY ('''Millard''') has a north-south orientation between the [[Confusion Range]] and the [[House Range]]. The whiteness of the rocks was the basis for [[James H. Simpson|Captain J. H. Simpson's]] choice in naming the valley in 1859 during [[Central Overland Route|his road survey]]. The valley is also known as Tule Valley on some maps. '''T15-18S,R14,15W,SLM. 477.'''''</small>}} (contents of entire section)</ref><!--NOT IN Van Cott SOURCE: (mostly [[Lake Bonneville]] [[marl]]s in the valley floor) & [[Tule]] swamp plant of Coyote Springs{{Or|USER:Qfl247 FALSELY ATTRIBUTED THE Lake Bonneville marls AND Tule plant/Coyote Springs CLAIMS TO Van Cott|date=April 2010}}---> |
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| image = NHouseRange.JPG |
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| image_caption = Shadow on the [[eponym]]ic white rocks of Tule Valley|image_size= |
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| country = United States |
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| state = Utah |
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| district_type = [[List of counties in Utah|County]] |
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| district = [[Millard County, Utah|Millard]] |
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| parent = [[List of Great Basin watersheds|Tule Valley watershed]]<!--br>940 sq mi (2,435 km<sup>2</sup>)--><br>(extends into [[Juab County]])<ref>{{cite web |title=West Desert Basin |url=http://www.water.utah.gov/planning/SWP/westdes/swp_wstdes3.pdf |work=Utah State Water Plan |accessdate=2010-05-06}}</ref> |
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| location = |
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| elevation_imperial = 4780<!--GNIS: Tule Valley Hardpan--> |
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| elevation_note = <!--ref name=gnis/--> |
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| population = 0 |
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| lowest = Tule Spring{{Specify|WAS THE 4422 ft FOR THE North Tule Spring OR THE South Tule Spring?|date=May 2010}} |
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| lowest_location = |lowest_region=Tule Valley [[Salt flat|Hardpan]] | lowest_country = |
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| lowest_elevation = 4422 |
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| lowest_elevation_note = <ref name=Schneider/>{{Verify source|Schneider SOURCE IS NOT ACCURATE AS he/she CLAIM ONLY A 2 ft CHANGE OVER 6 MILES, BUT THE USGS GIVES THE hardpan ELEVATION AS 258 ft HIGHER!!!! |date=May 2010}} |
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| lowest_lat_d = | lowest_lat_m = | lowest_lat_s = | lowest_lat_NS = |
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| lowest_long_d = | lowest_long_m = | lowest_long_s = | lowest_long_EW = |
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| area_imperial = 248 |area_note= <!--br>''(SOURCE:'' [[Wilderness Act]]'')''--> |
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| access = 1 paved road |
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| biome = [[Northern Basin and Range (ecoregion)|central Basin & Range ecoregion]] |
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| geology = down-faulted [[graben]] ([[normal fault]]s),<br> carbonate knolls/[[horst (geology)|horsts]],<br>[[alluvial]] [[sediment]]s with [[marl]]s<br><ref name=Chronic>{{cite book |last=Chronic |first=Halka |year=1990 |title=Roadside Geology of Utah |isbn=0-87842-228-5 |page=tbd}}{{Specify|FROM WHAT PAGE IS THIS INFORMATION TAKEN?|date=April 2010}}</ref>{{Verify source|FROM WHAT PAGE IS THIS INFORMATION TAKEN?|date=April 2010}} |
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| orogeny = <600 [[Year#Symbols_y_and_yr|mya]]: [[:File:North america craton nps.gif|deformed Pre-Cm layer]],<!--SOURCES: 600 mya AND NAME: File:North america craton nps.gif; "Laurentia": [http://books.google.com/books?id=AlHUXlwWSv8C&pg=PA184]--><br>Tule Valley Lowstand[http://books.google.com/books?id=JpO0Gq0mdkQC&pg=PA32] |
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| period = [[Silurian]]-[[Devonian]] carbonates<br>[[Quaternary]] sediments<br>[[Pleistocene]] marls<br><ref name=Chronic/>{{Verify source|FROM WHAT PAGE IS THIS INFORMATION TAKEN?|date=April 2010}} |
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| free_type = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] ID,<br>[[Hydrological code|Hydro unit]] |
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| free = 1438072 (1979),<ref name=gnis>{{gnis|1438072|Tule Valley (1438072)}}, [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:1620768987342849::NO::P3_FID:1437736 Tule Valley Hardpan (1437736)], [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:1620768987342849::NO::P3_FID:1427049 Coyote Knolls (1427049)] ([http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic search)]</ref><br>16020303<ref name=EPA>{{cite web |title=Tule Valley Watershed -- 16020303 |url=http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=16020303 |work=[http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/locate/index.cfm Surf Your Watershed] |publisher=[[Environmental Protection Agency]] |accessdate=2010-05-07}}</ref> |
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|image1=[http://geology.utah.gov/esp/snake_valley_project/drilling_photos.htm USGS drilling] |
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|image2=[http://utahpictures.com/View_Picture.php?pid=773&page=Looking+northeast+over+Tule+Valley%2C+The+Coyote+Knolls%2C+and+The+M Ibex well] |
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|image3=[http://www.utahgeology.com/formationsmap.htm geologic formations] |
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|image4=[http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft2n39n78g/?brand=oac4 1943 transferees] |
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|image5=[http://books.google.com/books?id=To3Acv7cvZsC&pg=PA102 map] |
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|image6=[http://books.google.com/books?id=JpO0Gq0mdkQC&pg=PA23 lowstand]<!-- |
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|image7=[http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=%22tule+valley%22+mx+missile MX missile study]-->}} |
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Other valleys with the name Tule include: |
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<!--{{About|the [[dry lake]] in Utah|disambiguation|Tule Valley}}--> |
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*'''Tule Basin''', in [[Coconino County, Arizona]]<!--GNIS ID: 35498--> |
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'''Tule Valley''' is a north-to-south [[endorheic basin|endorheic]] valley with several central [[knoll]]s, <!--THE FOLLOWING IS AN UNSUPPORTED CLAIM: the largest{{Citation needed|THE West SOURCE DOES NOT SAY "Coyote Knolls" IS THE LARGEST|date=May 2009}} of which is--> including Coyote Knolls, and a [[salt flat]]. Spring [[shepherd]]s use the valley, and it has a "''sizable wetland''" and numerous artesian springs.<ref name=Schneider>[http://books.google.com/books?id=To3Acv7cvZsC&pg=PA102 Schneider, Bill and Ann Seifert, ''Hiking Utah,'' Falcon, 2005, p. 102 ISBN 978-0762725663]</ref> At the southern end, [[U.S. Route 6 in Utah|US Highway 6]]/[[U.S. Route 50 in Utah|50]] is the valley's only paved road and crosses from [[Kings Canyon (Utah)|Kings Canyon]] (west) to [[House Range|Skull Rock Pass]] (east).<!--SOURCE: U.S. Route 50 in Utah WIKIARTICLE--><!--NOTE THAT: |
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*'''Tule Lake Basin''', in [[Modoc County, California]] |
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1. The GNIS and EPA pages indicate the hardpan is an area, not a point |
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*'''Tule Lake Turning Basin''', in [[Nueces County, Texas]]<!--GNIS ID: 1348834--> |
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2. The valley has lots of low points where drainages collect, i.e., springs remain local and don't drain to one "place" |
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*'''Tule Lake Valley''', in [[Klamath County, Oregon]]<!--GNIS ID: 1133281--> |
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3. The EPA webpage doesn't claim in any way that there's a "place where all drainages from this basin collect" |
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*[[Tule River]] '''Valley''', in [[Tulare County, California]] |
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SO THE FOLLOWING CLAIMS ARE BLATANTLY FALSE AND PREPOSTEROUS TO MAKE: |
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{{Geodis}} |
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The [[hardpan]] of the valley{{Specify|LAT/LONG? IS THIS COYOTE SPRINGS?|date=May 2009}} is the lowest point in the county,<ref>Nash, Fred J., 2008, Utah's Low Points: A guide to the Lowest Points in Utah's 29 Counties, pg. 114-122, ISBN 978-0-87480-932-9</ref> the place where all drainages from this basin collect.<ref>{{cite web |title=Watershed Profile |url=http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=16020303 |publisher=EPA |accessdate=}}</ref>--> |
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== References == |
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{{Reflist}} |
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[[Image:TuleHorses.JPG|left|thumb|[[Notch Peak]] beyond the valley's [[feral horse]]s]] |
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{{Location map+|float=left |USA Utah |width=150|caption=Points associated with the Tule Valley<!--ref name=gnis/--> |places= |
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{{Location map~|USA Utah |lat_deg=38.9866225 |lat_dir=N |lon_deg=113.2349639 |lon_dir=W}}<!--Coyote Knolls (GNIS 1427049)--> |
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{{Location map~|USA Utah |lat_deg=39.0860614 |lat_dir=N |lon_deg=113.5596986 |lon_dir=W}}<!--Kings Canyon (GNIS 1437779)--> |
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{{Location map~|USA Utah |lat_deg=39.0332871 |lat_dir=N |lon_deg=113.3396903 |lon_dir=W}}<!--Skull Rock Pass (GNIS 1432517)--> |
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{{Location map~|USA Utah |lat_deg=38.9568985 |lat_dir=N |lon_deg=113.3760796 |lon_dir=W}}<!--Tule Valley Hardpan--> |
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}} |
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[[Category:Millard County, Utah]] |
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[[Category:Valleys of Utah]] |
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<!--THE TALK PAGE DOESN'T IDENTIFY EVEN ONE TOPIC THAT IS MISSING FROM THE Tule Valley WIKIARTICLE: {{Utah-stub}}--> |
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{{Geographic Location |
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|Northwest=[[Snake Valley (Great Basin)|Snake Valley]] ([[Deep Creek Mountains]])<!--ref name=Schneider/--> |North=Fish Range Flat[http://mapstore.utah.gov/ugs/quaterny.htm] ([[Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge|Fish Springs Range]]) |Northeast=([[Middle Range]], north of [[House Range|Marjum Canyon]])[http://www.summitpost.org/area/range/190033/utah-western-desert-ranges.html] |
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|West =Blind Valley/Barn Hills[http://books.google.com/books?id=dJbM2clhLH0C&pg=PA201] &<br>[[Snake Valley (Great Basin)|Snake Valley]] ([[Confusion Range]]) |
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|Centre=basins (& demarcating ranges)<br>bordering the Tule Valley |East=[[Whirlwind Valley]] ([[House Range]]) |
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|Southwest= |South=[[Wah Wah Valley]] ([[Wah Wah Mountains|Mountains]]) |Southeast= |
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Revision as of 21:22, 10 May 2010
Tule Valley may refer to:
- Tule Valley, California, in Riverside County (originally Round Valley)[1]
- Tule Valley, Montana, in Roosevelt County
- Tule Valley, Nevada, in Elko County
- Tule Valley, Utah, a wilderness area in Millard County
Other valleys with the name Tule include:
- Tule Basin, in Coconino County, Arizona
- Tule Lake Basin, in Modoc County, California
- Tule Lake Turning Basin, in Nueces County, Texas
- Tule Lake Valley, in Klamath County, Oregon
- Tule River Valley, in Tulare County, California