Ripogenus Gorge
Ripogenus Gorge is a rock-walled canyon formed in Maine where the West Branch Penobscot River intersects the Caribou Lake anticline. Ripogenus Falls controlled discharge from Ripogenus Lake until Ripogenus Dam was completed at the upstream end of the gorge in 1916.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Ripogenus Gorge
- Valley with an elevation of 741 feet (226 metres)
- Description: canyon in Maine, USA
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
45.87588° or 45° 52′ 33″ north
Longitude
-69.15033° or 69° 9′ 1″ west
Open location code
87QGVRGX+9V
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In Other Languages
“Ripogenus Gorge” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ripogenus Gorge”
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