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Adventures in Scenery 



thrown down from 3,000 to 10,000 feet relatively to the high 

 mountain range. 



The western slope of the Sierra Nevada Range is 40 to 70 

 miles in width, sloping from the crest of the range to the Great 

 Valley of California. The Great Valley is a flat nearly feature- 



Photo by Millers, U. S. Geol. Survey 



FIG. 52. Cliffs on South Fork Kings River, near mouth of Copper Creek. 

 A bridge crosses the canyon at an elevation of 3,000 feet above the canyon 

 bottom. 



