Range Creek, rising in the Book Cliffs in Emery County, Utah, is a high tributary of the Colorado River. It flows into the Price River near Price, Utah. The Price then flows into the Green River, a major tributary of the Colorado. The creek flows year around.
It has been nominated for classification as a National Wild and Scenic River.
Read more about Range Creek: Prehistory, Modern History
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