Grand Canyon National Park Short Report The Grand Canyon is one of the most amazing natural wonders in the world. It was originally deposited sediment that was lithofied, and turned into sedimentary rock. The rock was then carved out by hydraulic processes (Warneke). These processes, all combined, took almost three to six million years to form the Grand Canyon. Continued erosion by wind and rain in the present time continues to shift what the canyon looks like, and make it different as time goes on ("Grand Canyon Facts"). This seemingly boring process came to fruition in one of the most beloved National Parks in the United States of America. The Grand Canyon National Park is located in the state of Arizona. It is over 270 miles long and, at some points, is up to 18 miles wide and deep (History.com Staff). Its deep walls help provide a geologic history of the earth, because the many layers contain artifacts and information about the climate at the time (History.com Staff). Besides having a rich geological history, the Grand Canyon also has an amazing cultural history, especially among Native American tribes. It provided salt, a necessary resource, and also protected them from early invaders ("NATURE, CULTURE, AND HISTORY"). The invaders that were stopped by the canyon were the Spanish. It also had a major cultural history in the fact that it provided the inspiration for many pieces of art including oral histories, books, photographs, paintings, poetry, news articles, and movies. The canyon is still in use by many tribes to this day. Almost 450 Native American live in the Grand Canyon year round on the Havasupai Reservation ("Grand Canyon Facts"). A surprising fun fact about the Grand Canyon is that it is one of the few natural la... ... middle of paper ... ...known and unique facts about the Washington Monument. NYC: The Official Guide. N.p., 9 Oct. 2012. Web. 3 Apr. 2014. . This website provides historical and fun details about the NYC subway system. "POPULATION." NYC Planning. N.p., 2013. Web. 3 Apr. 2014. . This is a NYC government website that provides population statistics for the city. Warneke, Lance. Personal interview. Mar. 2014. Lance Warneke studied the geology of the Grand Canyon extensively in his UW Geology class and answered my questions about it. World Strides. "Fun Facts." Wenatchee Middle School. N.p., 2014. Web. 3 Apr. 2014. . This website has facts about different attractions in DC. I particularly used the Washington Monument facts.
Mexico City, Mexico(DE) - At the annual conference for the American Citizens For A Better Grand Canyon Group (ACFABGCG), attendees decided that the only way to attract more people to the Grand Canyon would be to fill the natural woder with ice cream. Twenty millions gallons of ice cream will be needed to maintain a full level everyday. It is hoped that this will help Arizona's ice cream manufacturing plants and a fee will also be passed for anyone that looks at the Grand Canyon. In other Grand Canyon developments, a vote narrowly failed to build an amusement park at the bottom under all the ice cream.
The Cahuilla were a Native Southern Californian tribe that occupied the Riverside County, Higher Palomar Mountain Region and East Colorado Desert. The tribe was divided into two groups or moieties know as Wildcats or Coyotes. The Cahuilla lived in small clans that varied in population, and together all the separate clans made up a larger political group called a sib ”http://www.aguacaliente.org/content/History%20&%20Culture/.” The tribe was at first considered to be very simple and savage because they were never interacted with. As the Europeans and Spanish Missionaries considered the desert an inhospitable place that was better to avoid because of its lack of food resources. Little did those European and Spanish missionaries know that the land was ripe with food, only if you knew the land and the seasons. The Cahuilla were a very interesting tribe that cared and loved their land and in return the land would provide them with an abundance of food and resources. The Cahuilla had a very simple yet intricate life that involved a seasonal migration in order to gain access to different foods. They relied on different ways of acquiring food which involved both hunting and gathering.
When people visit the Grand Canyon they need to check a list which is posted on the National Park’s website, here
Providence canyon should be made a national park. When the federal government decided not to make the providence canyon (also known as little grand canyon) a national park. They lost the possibility of tourism and profit. The park was only made a state park in June the first of 1971.
The canyon has forty-three different colors of sand. For example, a deep pumpkin orange, fiery red, pale pink, dusty lavender, misty grey, and multiple other colors. Along with these various colors, the canyon also contains sedimentary rock that was developed after years of farming without rotating crops and erosion from silt and sediment that were deposited in layers of soil. In the Providence Canyon, the rock formations are known to be spectacular. These chasms, plateaus, cliffs, and pinnacles were formed by the gullies, which was the result of the washing away of soft, sandy soil by rain as the crops were not correctly rotated by farmers at the
Whoa I almost fell there that is some slick soil. I am visiting the wonders of the world, and I read about this place in an article. The article was called Georgia's, "Little Grand Canyon." This place looks amazing the article was right, for you can see the different layers and colors of the soil. In the article I read that this place used to be farmland that was drained from all of its nutrients by planting the cash crop in the 1800's, which was cotton. One of the things that the article said was, "that the federal government wanted to turn it into a state park just to open businesses around to make money."
Evidence that this should not be made a national park is In paragraph two of etching the soil the author tells us that "the soil in Little Grand Canyon is soft and sandy, where a person to plow there, So every time it rains the rain would wash away the
“The geological formations of Mesa Verde National Park were mainly deposited about 100 to 75 million years ago, when the Western Interior Seaway covered all the way to the middle of the continent. At this this time, the sea deposited many different types of sediment. When the sea first reached the Mesa Verde area, it deposited layers of sand” (“Geology of Mesa Verde”). Afterwards, “when the sea advanced farther westward the sandy deposits changed to deeper water shale deposits; called the Mancos Shale. It consisted of fine particles and organic fossil material. The shale forms the low hills you see at the base of the mesa in the Montezuma Valley” (“Geology of Mesa Verde”). “The next formation, Point Lookout Sandstone, deposited as beach sand as the sea retreated again, is mainly composed of sandstone with some shale lenses dispersed throughout. Small alcoves form in this sandstone layer, but these were not often used by the Ancestral Puebloans” (“Geology of Mesa Verde”). As you can start to see, Mesa Verde is already developing many of the key features we see today and that the
...at about 10 million people come to visit this monument every year. Tours every thirty minutes of the capitol building are open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. everyday. For recorded information regarding tours of the Capitol, call 202-225-6827. (AOC.gov)
Yellowstone is known for many things from the huge volcano that lay’s beneath to their geysers that explode as quick as every ninety minutes. Yellowstone is in not only one state, but three! It’s so large that it is in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. Yellowstone has many scenic features and a lot of history from the 500 geysers, hundreds of waterfalls some even undiscovered, hot springs, fossils, and one huge volcano. There are a lot of things to discuss when it comes to this historic national park which is why I will only be focusing on Wyoming, which is where most of Yellowstone is.
Yellowstone Park is the world’s first national park and the 8th largest national park in the United States. The park is primarily located in Wyoming and parts of Idaho and Nevada (56 Interesting Facts About . . . Var Addthis_config = ) It is a tourist attraction due it’s 5,000 to 15,000 years old geysers, over 45 waterfalls, canyons, rivers, hot springs, and its massive concentration of natural wildlife. Two of the most popular park attractions are the Old Faithful geyser and the Grand Prismatic springs. ("Fun Facts." - 32 Interesting Facts Yellowstone National Park.)
The Little Grand Canyon has all types of wildlife living there. In the passage it states, ¨Along the trails, you´ll also likely see woodpeckers, wild turkeys, warblers, white-tailed deer, armadillos, raccoons, red foxes, and gray squirrels.¨ From this sentence, I know that there are animals that some that people from different countries do not get to experience. Even citizen from the U.S. do not get to see some of these animals. If people come from different places to the Little Grand Canyon, they will get to see these animals and know a fraction about the animals. Also, there are rare flowers found at the Little Grand Canyon. These flowers are called plumleaf azalea and paprika flower, they are only found in that southwestern
Comparatively, depths within the 6 canyons are deeper, the area larger, than the Grand Canyon. Mountain cliff's are copper-colored, hence the name Copper Canyon. The canyon complex is in the Chihuahua, Mexico
The Grand Canyon land can leave many people in awe. The Grand Canyon is 6,100 feet deep, 277 miles long, and is filled with immense
It is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and is a United States National Park. Many people consider it one of the 7 Wonders of the World because it is amazingly beautiful. It stretches 18 miles across and is 6000 feet deep (Science Kids). The Canyon contains many different types of rock, including limestone which is located at the top and schist which is located at the bottom that is about two billion years old (Science Kids). This great wonder contains the three classes of rock: Metamorphic, Sedimentary, and Igneous. Both weathering and erosion occur in this landform because the temperature changes and because the Colorado River runs through it, eroding the sides for thousands of years creating a steep slope. Weathering and erosion occur in every rock since The Grand Canyon is composed of mostly rock this is always