A report on Grand Canyon
Steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States.
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Hopi House
1 linksHopi House is located on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, within Grand Canyon National Park in the U.S. state of Arizona.
Desert View Watchtower
1 linksDesert View Watchtower, also known as the Indian Watchtower at Desert View, is a 70 ft-high stone building located on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon within Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, United States.
Coconino Sandstone
1 linksGeologic formation named after its exposure in Coconino County, Arizona.
Geologic formation named after its exposure in Coconino County, Arizona.
This rock formation is particularly prominent in the Grand Canyon, where it is visible as a prominent white cliff-forming layer.
California condor
0 linksNew World vulture and the largest North American land bird.
New World vulture and the largest North American land bird.
It became extinct in the wild in 1987 when all remaining wild individuals were captured, but has since been reintroduced to northern Arizona and southern Utah (including the Grand Canyon area and Zion National Park), the coastal mountains of California, and northern Baja California in Mexico.
Navajo Generating Station
3 links2.25-gigawatt , coal-fired power plant located on the Navajo Nation, near Page, Arizona, United States.
2.25-gigawatt , coal-fired power plant located on the Navajo Nation, near Page, Arizona, United States.
However, the proximity of the proposed dams to the Grand Canyon raised opposition, initially from the National Park Service and then more vigorously from a coalition of environmental groups which promoted construction of a thermal or nuclear power plant as an alternative.
Pearce Ferry, Lake Mead
0 linksPearce Ferry (sometimes misspelled Pierce Ferry) marks the boundary between Lake Mead and the Grand Canyon, where the low sandy banks around the lake give way to imposing, colorfully layered cliffs that enclose the Colorado River for the next 277 miles upstream.
Grand Canyon Depot
1 linksGrand Canyon Depot, also known as Grand Canyon Railroad Station, was constructed in 1909–10 for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, in what is now Grand Canyon National Park.
Southern Paiute people
2 linksThe Southern Paiute people are a tribe of Native Americans that have lived in the Colorado River basin of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, and southern Utah.
The Southern Paiute people are a tribe of Native Americans that have lived in the Colorado River basin of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, and southern Utah.
Another large landmark that is culturally significant to the Southern Paiutes is the Colorado river and the Grand Canyon.
Kolb Studio
1 linksThe Kolb Studio is a historic structure situated on the edge of the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in Grand Canyon Village within Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.
Tectonic uplift
1 linksGeologic uplift of Earth's surface that is attributed to plate tectonics.
Geologic uplift of Earth's surface that is attributed to plate tectonics.
The Colorado Plateau which includes the Grand Canyon is the result of broad tectonic uplift followed by river erosion.