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 GRAND CANYON



     Grand Canyon National Park is a National Park located in northern Arizona, United States, this National Park is the first National Park in the United States.

      This National Park was inaugurated on February 26, 1919, in which the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt who established it and inaugurated it, even he who wanted the Grand Canyon to become the property of the nation and maintain its beauty, thus avoiding private ownership of this place, and finally set it as a National Park, in this place there is a cliff-ravine cluster length of approximately 446 km, with a width ranging from 6 km to 29 km and with a depth of more than 1,600 m. The first white man to see it was García López de Cárdenas of Spain in 1540. It was originally occupied by Native Americans, that is, the Indians who built a residence on the canyon wall long before García López saw it. And in 1979, the Grand Canyon National Park was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


      When the activity of the earth's plates at the time of extreme climate change that also resulted in the lifting of the highlands of Colorado as high as 3 miles from sea level. Colorado River for millions of years carved the Colorado highlands to the very deep, along the 446 km Grand Canyon area.


     On the way to the ocean, this river erodes the walls of the Grand Canyon cliffs. The result is a lot of his scraping. Approximately half a million tons of water flowed by the Colorado River into the Pacific Ocean every day. Recent research suggests that the oldest rocks at the base of the Grand Canyon are nearly 2 billion years old. While the canyon is formed from erosion that is estimated to occur at 5 million or 6 million years ago. According to geologists although the rocks of the walls of the Grand Canyon are very old, but the Canyon of the Grand Canyon was geologically quite young.


      Also called "Red Rock Country". This place is famous and became one of the prima donna tours in the United States. It is between Coconico and Yavapai, within the territory of the State of Arizona. The uniqueness and beauty of this place because this Canyon is all reddish orange with a variety of shapes. It's really fascinating looking around this canyon. Over 5 million visitors travel to the Grand Canyon to experience the thrill and tension of enjoying one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Grand canyon is a form of admiration and beauty that will be able to make people inspired.(WIKIPEDIA)




   

  Multiple Choice Questions
1. where is the grand canyon ?
    a. located in northern Arizona, USA
    b. located in southern Arizona, USA
    c. is in Las Vegas gambling town
    d. are in a European country
    e. is in the country of Germany

2. This National Park was inaugurated and established by?
    a. García López
    b. Barak Obama
    c. Donal Tram
    d.

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