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The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona that is 277 miles long and up to 18 miles wide. It was formed around 5-6 million years ago when the Colorado River established its course through the area. The canyon has been inhabited for thousands of years by Native Americans and was visited by the first European, García López de Cárdenas, in 1540. It receives over five million visitors annually and features rock paintings by the Anasazi Indians from around 2000 years ago.
The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona that is 277 miles long and up to 18 miles wide. It was formed around 5-6 million years ago when the Colorado River established its course through the area. The canyon has been inhabited for thousands of years by Native Americans and was visited by the first European, García López de Cárdenas, in 1540. It receives over five million visitors annually and features rock paintings by the Anasazi Indians from around 2000 years ago.
The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona that is 277 miles long and up to 18 miles wide. It was formed around 5-6 million years ago when the Colorado River established its course through the area. The canyon has been inhabited for thousands of years by Native Americans and was visited by the first European, García López de Cárdenas, in 1540. It receives over five million visitors annually and features rock paintings by the Anasazi Indians from around 2000 years ago.
a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States.
277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide and attains a depth of over a mile recent studies support the hypothesis that the Colorado River established its course through the area about 5 to 6 million years ago president Theodore Roosevelt - proponent of preservation of the area - proclaimed the G.C. a national park in 1908 for thousands of years, the area has been continuously inhabited by Native Americans, the Pueblo people - holy site and - made pilgrimages to it García López de Cárdenas (1540,Spain) - the first European is one of the world's premier natural attractions (five million visitors per year) and one of the world’s great natural wonders The Anasazi Indians used to live there about 2000 years ago Shaman’s Gallery - rock paintings which have been preserved
Weather in the Grand Canyon
varies according to elevation
the forested rims - high enough to receive winter snowfall along the Colorado River in the Inner Gorge, temperatures similar to those found in low elevation desert locations in Arizona. conditions generally dry substantial precipitation occurs twice annually, during seasonal pattern shifts in winter and in late summer (due to the North American Monsoon) temperatures vary wildly throughout the year - summer highs within the Inner Gorge commonly exceeding 37.8 °C and winter minimum temperatures falling below zero degrees Fahrenheit (−17.8 °C) along the canyon's rims. visitors are often surprised by these potentially extreme conditions - can lead to unpleasant side effects such as dehydration, sunburn, and hypothermia the Grand Canyon area has some of the cleanest air in the United States.
Flora and Fauna
the Park contains several major ecosystems
great biological diversity - attributed to the presence of five of the seven life zones and three of the four desert types in North America coyote willow, arrowweed, seep-willow, western honey mesquite, catclaw acacia, and exotic tamarisk (saltcedar) are the predominant species endangered fish in the river : the humpback chub and the razorback sucker Animals : coyote, mule deer, tortoise, bighorn sheep, rock squirrel, the white-tailed squirrel (kaibab squirrel), hummingbirds, horn lizard, mountain lion, chipmunks, wild turkey, rattlesnake, kingsnake (constrictor), mocking bird Plants: the wishing pile, juniper, aspen tree, agave tree (which blooms once in a lifetime)