The Grand Canyon (central section)

USA / Arizona / Grand Canyon Village /
 mountain, canyon / gorge, monument, nature conservation park / area, interesting place, national park
World famous, picturesque canyon located in Northern Arizona. The canyon was formed by the Colorado River over the last 6 million years. It is 277 miles long and varies in width from 4 to 18 miles and up to a mile in depth.
Historically the area was inhabited by Native Americans. While the first European known to have viewed the canyon was Spaniard García López de Cárdenas in 1540, the canyon was largely unknown until after the U.S. Civil War when Major John Wesley Powell, a one-armed Civil War veteran made the first recorded journey through the canyon on the Colorado River in 1869.
On January 11, 1908 President Theodore Roosevelt designated the Grand Canyon a national monument and on February 26, 1919 Grand Canyon National Park was established. One of the United States' oldest national parks it covers 1,902 square miles.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon
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Coordinates:   36°9'15"N   112°3'38"W

Comments

  • Its an amazing part of our history.Made from a flood in just days.
  • THE CANYON !!!! it looks weird from this view
  • The Grand Canyon is so beautiful it doesn't seem real.
  • they have good hot chocolate
  • Made from a flood in just days? SMH. And now back to scientific reality.