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Monday, April 28, 2008 By TK421 2 Comments

La Verkin Creek has carved a deep gorge after countless millennia, mostly through the soft, easily erodable shale of the red members of the Triassic-aged Moenkopi Formation. This down-cutting has been slowed here by the more resistant Virgin Limestone resulting in the Toquerville Falls.

This is the sort of place you want to tell people about but not too many people. I guess the bumpy 6-mile jeep road may deter some.
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Anonymous said...

Hey Tyler, what's the definition of a waterfall again? Anyways, I saw that Lain or Lane guy on the news. Is he your boss?

May 3, 2008 at 3:14 AM
TK421 said...

Eros, I can't remember how the Trib article defined a waterfall. In my mind it's not scientific at all. If water falls over a ledge of rock, it's a waterfall in my book.

I first heard about these falls because a girl's murdered body was found here a couple of years ago.

May 8, 2008 at 9:56 AM

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