A Grand Canyon video What is the Grand Canyon The Grand Canyon and the Colorado River Location The Grand Canyon is a steepsided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the state of Arizona in the United States It is contained within and managed by Grand Canyon National Park the Kaibab ID: 640240
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The Grand Canyon
An Amazing Place to See.Slide2
A Grand Canyon video:Slide3
What is the Grand Canyon?
The Grand Canyon and the Colorado River.
Location
The Grand Canyon
is
a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the state of Arizona in the United States. It is contained within and managed by Grand Canyon National Park, the Kaibab National Forest, Grand Canyon-
Parashant
National Monument, the Hualapai Tribal Nation, the Havasupai people and the Navajo
Nation.Slide4
Huge slice in the EarthSlide5
Statistics
There are different points to observe the canyon.
History
. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited it on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery.
The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,093 feet or 1,857 meters
).Nearly
two billion years of Earth's geological history have been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was
uplifted.Slide6
How the Grand
CanyonFormedSlide7
Feel the Majesty and See a Unique View
The Sky Walk
A MUST do at the canyon.Slide8
Activities on the canyon
The Colorado River
White Water Rafting on the Colorado RiverSlide9
Hiking the Canyon
See the beauty up close.
Backpacking Tours
Experience
breathtaking scenery, camp under the stars, enjoy fantastic backcountry cuisine prepared by your guide, watch for wildlife, learn about the fascinating natural and cultural history of the Canyon, and challenge yourself physically.Slide10
Havsau Creek – One of the many tributaries of the Colorado river.Slide11
There’s a tour for everyone.
You can see the canyon by bus, bike, mule, hiking, white water rafting, helicopter tours, Jeeps and vans.
You can camp there.
You can stay in a park “hotel” near the canyon.
You can bring your RV.
Go there if
yo
have the chance. It is really a wonder of the world.