Upside-down Mountain Navajo National Monument - Shonto AZ - Arizona Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Upside-down Mountain-Navajo National Monument--Hidden away in Tsegi Canyon’s wilderness of bare rock, sand, and sparse vegetation are surprising pockets of luxuriant growth. Betatakin Canyon—home to a village of prehistoric cliff-dwellings farmers—is one of these oases. Fir Canyon, over to your right, is another.

The deeper and narrower the canyon, the less sunshine reaches into its depths. Less sunshine means less evaporation of rainwater, so plant life flourishes. You could say that the climate of Fir Canyon is like an inverted mountain: there’s a gradation downward toward cooler and more humid conditions in the bottom—with plants and animals to match.

Marker Name: Upside-down Mountain Type of history commemorated: Place County: Navajo Name of any agency/ agencies setting marker: National Park Service Year placed: 1990

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Date Logged Log User Rating   10/23/2021 Don.Morfe visited it