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Show Powell ( ( Exhibit Mxhibit ) 51 , page 23 12 ) describes the ( stretch staretch ) between Green River , Wyo . , and ( Flaming FLiming ) Gorge ( ( just jiist ) ( south soutli ) of the ( Utah-Wyoming UtahWyoming Utah-'XNTyonii1ig UtahXNTyonii1ig ) line ) as follows : The river runs between ( bluffs bhiffs ) ( in iii ) some places standing so close to each other that no flood plain is seen . At such a point the river miglit properly be said to ( run ruil ) through a canyon . The bad lands ( on oil ) either side are ( interrupted intCTrupted ) here and there by patches of ( sage sage- sage ) ¬ ( brush brusli ) . Where there is a flood ( plain plaiii ) along either side of the river a few cottonwood may be seen . ( Photographs ( 1 I ) to 5 , Exhibit 11A . ) Average downstream progress of 231 _ - , ( miles iniles ) a day ( was -was was ) made by ( Powell's Powells ) first expedition ( and wid ) 14V2 miles a day by the second . ( Digest of Exhibit 51 . ) Immediately below the ( Wyoming-Utah WyomingUtah Wyoming-Utali WyomingUtali ) line the Green River flows through a series of canyons ( named napied ) by Powell Flaming Gorge , length 2 ( miles iniles ) ; ( Horseshoe Hoi-seshoe Hoiseshoe ) Canyon , 3 miles ; Kingfisher ( Canyon Cangon ) , 1 % miles ; Red Canyon 34 miles , and then ( into ilito ) and through Browns Park for 31 miles to the ( head Lead ) of Lodore ( Canyon Caiiyon ) . ( Exhibit 85 , page 3 . ) Powell ( Exhibit 51 , page 21 ) , describing these canyon ( see- see ) ( tions tiolls ) , says : Besides passing through the gorge ( ( Flam Flam- Flam ) ¬ ing ) , the river runs through Horseshoe and Kingfisher Canyons , separated by short ( val- val ) leys . The highest point on the walls at ( Flam Flam- Flam ) ing Gorge is 1,300 feet above the river . The |