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List3 Grand Canyon










Grand Canyon is the big gorge that is placed in the north side of Arizona State. This canyon was originally a Colorado tableland, and present landform was encroached by Colorado River. We can see a bedding place from the Precambrian to Permian period. This canyon has a worth of history of the earth and these magnificent views are included the Grand Canyon national park. In 1979, this was registered on The World Heritage.
The average of this is about 1200m depth, 446km long, 6~29km width, and the deepest point is 1800m depth. Anyway this canyon is tremendous!!
It is said that the human have lived 10500years ago, and Native American has lived at least 4000years ago. There are over 1500 plants, 355 birds, 89 mammalian, 47 reptiles, 9 amphibians, and 17 fishes in this national park.
About 4000000 visitors are coming there every year all over the world. This canyon has north rim and south rim, the main sightseeing spot is south rim. South rim has six inns, gift shop, bank, super market, and station. And also, free shuttle bus runs for three lines.
Visitors come to there by car or by plane. It takes 5 hours by car, and 1 hour by plane. (208 words)

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