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The Romance of the Colorado River

CHAPTER XIV
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Shewits Granite to End of Canyon.......35-------175-----5.
From Little Colorado to Kaibab Division.....9.6------60-----6.25 Kaibab Division............................58-------700----12.07 Kanab Division.............................47.6-----240-----5.01 Uinkaret Division..........................19.2-----100-----5.21 Shewits Division...........................84-------540-----6.43 The exact number of rapids cannot be given, as in some portions of Lodore, Cataract, Marble, and the Grand Canyon it is difficult to divide the almost continuous fall into parts.

The number also varies with the stage of water, a high stage covering up some of the smaller rapids.
I count 62 rapids in Cataract Canyon.

but Stanton makes it 75.

The discrepancy arises in the way of dividing some of the descent in the worst portions.

Lodore for a large part of its length is so nearly one continuous rapid that it is difficult to count the special drops.


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