Grand Canyon Presentation

The Grand Canyon is located in Arizona and stretches to Colorado. The Grand Canyon is a national park and has become a national landmark. People from all over the world travel to see the Grand Canyon.

The Grand Canyon is 18 miles wide. At average the Canyon is 5,000 ft deep. The Grand Canyon is 227 miles long. The Canyon takes up 1,218,376 acres of land. The Canyon is on a tilt the north rim is 1200 ft higher than the south rim. Trip to the bottom of canyon on foot or camel is a 2-day trip. At the deepest part of the canyon is 6,000 vertical feet. The Grand Canyon is NOT the biggest canyon in the world. Barranca de Cabre in Northern Mexico and Hell’s Canyon in Idaho are deeper. The Grand Canyon is known for the amazing size and beautiful landscape.

The Canyon’s walls are made up of rocks, cliffs, hills, and valleys. The Grand Canyon rocks were formed millions of years ago. Bottom of the canyon receives 8 inches per year (between rainwater and snowmelt). Some parts of the northern rim are frosted. The Canyon has buttes, mesas and valley in it’s main gorge. The Grand Canyon is found mostly in Northern Arizona but it extends through some western states.

Three thousand to four thousand years ago desert archaic people lived in the Grand Canyon. The Pueblo Indians built adobe house around the canyon and made animal figures out of one twig. The Hopi Indians believe that when they die, their spirits emerge here and rest here. The first American person to cross the Colorado River upstream was Hamblin in 1864. In 1869 Major John Wesley Powell made a journey through the Grand Canyon by way of the Colorado River. By 1880 live stock companies began to raise 100,000 cattle and 250,000 sheep. In 1905 a world-class hotel, the El Tovar, was built right on the rim of the canyon. Every year since 1917 when the Grand Canyon became a national park there have millions people visiting this beautiful place.

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Grand Canyon is located at Latitude 36°, Longitude -112° State: Arizona County: Coconino - Grand Canyon lies within Coconino County. This is the official site for the county. Time Zone: Mountain (never changes to Daylight Savings Time, so much of the year the time is the same as in California). Grand Canyon established as a forest preserve in 1892 Became a national monument in 1908 Designated a national park in 1919 National park enlarged in 1975 Total acreage: 1,215,375 Length in air miles: 190 Length in river miles: 277 Minimum width: 600 feet at Marble Canyon Maximum width: 18 miles Average width: 10 miles Minimum width of Colorado River: 76 feet Average width of Colorado River: 300 feet Maximum depth of river: 85 feet

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Average depth of river: 40 feet Number of rapids: 160 River average gradient: 8 feet per mile Total miles of trails in the park: 400 Total number of those trail miles that are maintained: 30.7 Number of miles of roads: 355 Number of bird species in park: 287 Number of mammal species: 88 Number of reptile and amphibians species: 58 Number of plant species: 1,500 Number of fish species: 26 Number of biotic life zones in the park: 5 (the same as traveling from Mexico to Canada) Endangered wildlife species: 3 (bald eagle, peregrine falcon, humpback chub) Endangered plant species: 2 (Brady pincushion cactus and sentry milkvetch) Number of known archaeological sites within the park: 2,700 Number of Indian reservations in the park: 1 (Havasupai) Number of buildings listed as National Landmarks: 120 Number of structures on National Register of Historic Places: 136

Did you know in the Grand Canyon lives 88 different species of mammal, 50 species of reptiles, 25 species of fish, and 300 species of bird. In 1540 the first white man Francsico Conronado discovered the Grand Canyon. In 1919 congress made Grand Canyon Preserve a National Park. The Climate at the Grand Canyon is semi-arid. Humans once lived in the Grand Canyon around 4,000 years ago. The south rim of the Grand Canyon is a grayish green forest. Inside the Grand Canyon is 30 degrees higher then on rim. Rain comes suddenly in violent storms (usually in late summer).