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Sawtooth Range (Idaho)

Index Sawtooth Range (Idaho)

The Sawtooth Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in central Idaho, United States, reaching a maximum elevation of at the summit of Thompson Peak. [1]

54 relations: Alturas Lake, Arête, Backpacking (wilderness), Batholith, Blaine County, Idaho, Boise County, Idaho, Boise River, Boise, Idaho, Cirque, Cretaceous, Custer County, Idaho, Earthquake, Elmore County, Idaho, Eocene, Equestrianism, Geological Society of America, Geology (journal), Glacial lake, Glacial period, Glacier, Granodiorite, Hiking, Idaho, Idaho Batholith, Idaho State University, List of lakes of the Sawtooth Mountains (Idaho), Little Ice Age, Little Redfish Lake, Middle Fork Salmon River, Moraine, Mountain range, Payette River, Pettit Lake, Pleistocene, Pyramidal peak, Redfish Lake, Rock glacier, Rocky Mountains, Salmon River (Idaho), Sawtooth Fault, Sawtooth Lake, Sawtooth National Forest, Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Sawtooth Valley, Sawtooth Wilderness, Snow field, Stanley Lake, Stanley, Idaho, Thompson Peak (Idaho), United States, ..., Valley, Western Washington University, Yellow Belly Lake, Yosemite Decimal System. Expand index (4 more) »

Alturas Lake

Alturas Lake is an alpine lake in Blaine County, Idaho, United States, in the Sawtooth Valley in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.

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Arête

Clouds Rest in Yosemite National Park is an arête. An arête is a narrow ridge of rock which separates two valleys.

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Backpacking (wilderness)

Backpacking is the outdoor recreation of carrying gear on one's back, while hiking for more than a day.

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Batholith

A batholith (from Greek bathos, depth + lithos, rock) is a large mass of intrusive igneous rock (also called plutonic rock), larger than in area, that forms from cooled magma deep in the Earth's crust.

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Blaine County, Idaho

Blaine County is a county in the U.S. state of Idaho.

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Boise County, Idaho

Boise County is a rural mountain county in the U.S. state of Idaho.

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Boise River

The Boise River is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Boise, Idaho

Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, and is the county seat of Ada County.

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Cirque

Two cirques with semi-permanent snowpatches near Abisko National Park, Sweden A cirque (French, from the Latin word circus) is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion.

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Cretaceous

The Cretaceous is a geologic period and system that spans 79 million years from the end of the Jurassic Period million years ago (mya) to the beginning of the Paleogene Period mya.

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Custer County, Idaho

Custer County is a rural mountain county in the center of the U.S. state of Idaho.

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Earthquake

An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth, resulting from the sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves.

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Elmore County, Idaho

Elmore County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho.

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Eocene

The Eocene Epoch, lasting from, is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era.

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Equestrianism

Equestrianism (from Latin equester, equestr-, equus, horseman, horse), more often known as riding, horse riding (British English) or horseback riding (American English), refers to the skill of riding, driving, steeplechasing or vaulting with horses.

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Geological Society of America

The Geological Society of America (GSA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of the geosciences.

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Geology (journal)

Geology is a peer-reviewed publication of the Geological Society of America (GSA).

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Glacial lake

A glacial lake is a lake with origins in a melted glacier.

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Glacial period

A glacial period (alternatively glacial or glaciation) is an interval of time (thousands of years) within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances.

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Glacier

A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation) over many years, often centuries.

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Granodiorite

Granodiorite is a phaneritic-textured intrusive igneous rock similar to granite, but containing more plagioclase feldspar than orthoclase feldspar.

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Hiking

Hiking is the preferred term, in Canada and the United States, for a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails (footpaths), in the countryside, while the word walking is used for shorter, particularly urban walks.

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Idaho

Idaho is a state in the northwestern region of the United States.

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Idaho Batholith

The Idaho Batholith is a granitic and granodioritic batholith of Cretaceous-Paleogene age that covers approximately of central Idaho and adjacent Montana.

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Idaho State University

Idaho State University (ISU) is a public research university in Pocatello, Idaho.

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List of lakes of the Sawtooth Mountains (Idaho)

There are hundreds of lakes in the Sawtooth Mountains, most of which have been created by alpine glaciers.

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Little Ice Age

The Little Ice Age (LIA) was a period of cooling that occurred after the Medieval Warm Period.

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Little Redfish Lake

Little Redfish Lake is a name given to two different alpine lakes in central Idaho, both in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Custer County.

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Middle Fork Salmon River

The Middle Fork of the Salmon River is a http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/scnf/recarea/?recid.

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Moraine

A moraine is any glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris (regolith and rock) that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions on Earth (i.e. a past glacial maximum), through geomorphological processes.

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Mountain range

A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills ranged in a line and connected by high ground.

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Payette River

The Payette River is an U.S. Geological Survey.

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Pettit Lake

Pettit Lake is a large alpine lake in Blaine County, Idaho, United States, located in the Sawtooth Valley in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.

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Pleistocene

The Pleistocene (often colloquially referred to as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch which lasted from about 2,588,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the world's most recent period of repeated glaciations.

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Pyramidal peak

A pyramidal peak, sometimes called a glacial horn in extreme cases, is an angular, sharply pointed mountain peak which results from the cirque erosion due to multiple glaciers diverging from a central point.

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Redfish Lake

Redfish Lake is an alpine lake in the western United States in central Idaho.

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Rock glacier

Rock glaciers are distinctive geomorphological landforms, consisting either of angular rock debris frozen in interstitial ice, former "true" glaciers overlain by a layer of talus, or something in between.

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Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range in western North America.

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Salmon River (Idaho)

The Salmon River is located in Idaho in the northwestern United States.

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Sawtooth Fault

The Sawtooth Fault is an east-dipping normal fault (vertical motion) which runs along the eastern base of the Sawtooth Mountains in the state of Idaho in the United States.

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Sawtooth Lake

Sawtooth Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located high in the Sawtooth Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.

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Sawtooth National Forest

Sawtooth National Forest is a National Forest that covers 2,110,408 acres (854,052 ha) in the U.S. states of Idaho (~96 percent) and Utah (~4 percent).

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Sawtooth National Recreation Area

The Sawtooth National Recreation Area (SNRA) is a National Recreation Area located in central Idaho, United States that is managed as part of Sawtooth National Forest.

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Sawtooth Valley

The Sawtooth Valley is a valley in the Western United States, in Blaine and Custer counties of central Idaho.

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Sawtooth Wilderness

The Sawtooth Wilderness is a federally-protected wilderness area that covers of the state of Idaho.

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Snow field

A snow field, snowfield or neve is an accumulation of permanent snow and ice, typically found above the snow line, normally in mountainous and glacial terrain.

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Stanley Lake

Stanley Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located at the base of the Sawtooth Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.

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Stanley, Idaho

Stanley is a town in Custer County, Idaho, United States.

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Thompson Peak (Idaho)

Thompson Peak, at above sea level is the highest peak in the Sawtooth Range of Idaho.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Valley

A valley is a low area between hills or mountains often with a river running through it.

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Western Washington University

Western Washington University (WWU or Western) is one of six public universities in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Yellow Belly Lake

Yellow Belly Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the Sawtooth Valley in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.

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Yosemite Decimal System

The Yosemite Decimal System (YDS) is a three-part system used for rating the difficulty of walks, hikes, and climbs, primarily used by mountaineers in the United States and Canada.

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Sawtooth Mountain Range (Idaho).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawtooth_Range_(Idaho)

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