In the world there is a series of natural landscapes of rare beauty, but one stands out in relation to the others, the Grand Canyon, which is a geological accident that allowed the appearance of a fault on the surface of the region, is 445 km long, approximately 1.5 km deep and a width that can vary from 200 meters to 30 km.
The Grand Canyon is one of the seven wonders of the natural world. This amazing landscape was sculpted through erosive processes, motivated mainly by the waters of the Colorado River, in addition to snow, rain and wind, called external modeling agents of the relief. It is full of precipices, steep hills, cliffs and pinnacles. In addition to presenting several colors in its composition, such as red, gold, pink, green, rust, orange, violet, among others.
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The Grand Canyon is located in northern Arizona, in the Grand Canyon. National Park, a place that attracts about 5 million tourists a year, from different parts of the country. world.
By Eduardo de Freitas
Graduated in Geography
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