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  2. Grand Canyon - Wikipedia

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    The canyon itself can act as a connection between the east and the west by providing corridors of appropriate habitat along its length. [145] The canyon can also be a genetic barrier to some species, like the tassel-eared squirrel. [145] The aspect, or direction a slope faces, also plays a major role in adding diversity to the Grand Canyon.

  3. Canyon - Wikipedia

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    The Grand Canyon, Arizona, at the confluence of the Colorado River and Little Colorado River.. A canyon (from Spanish: cañón; archaic British English spelling: cañon), [1] gorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. [2]

  4. Geology of the Grand Canyon area - Wikipedia

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    The resulting Grand Canyon Supergroup of sedimentary units is composed of nine varied geologic formations that were laid down from 1.2 billion and 740 million years ago in this sea. [11] Good exposures of the supergroup can be seen in eastern Grand Canyon in the Inner Gorge and from Desert View, Lipan Point and Moran point. [12] [note 1]

  5. Grand Canyon National Park - Wikipedia

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    Grand Canyon National Park is a national park of the United States located in northwestern Arizona, the 15th site to have been named as a national park.The park's central feature is the Grand Canyon, a gorge of the Colorado River, which is often considered one of the Wonders of the World.

  6. Geography of the United States - Wikipedia

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    It is the setting for the Grand Canyon, the Great Basin and Death Valley. Pacific Mountain System – the coastal mountain ranges and features in the west coast of the United States. Denali, previously known as Mount McKinley, in Alaska, is the tallest mountain in North America, at 20,310 ft (6,190.5 m).

  7. Palo Duro Canyon - Wikipedia

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    Palo Duro Canyon is a canyon system of the Caprock Escarpment located in the Texas Panhandle near the cities of Amarillo and Canyon. [2] As one of the largest canyons in the United States , it is roughly 25–40 mi (40–64 km) long and has an average width of 6 mi (9.7 km), but reaches a width of 20 mi (32 km) at places.

  8. List of canyons - Wikipedia

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    Map of Bering Canyon and four other submarine canyons in the Bering Sea. Bering Canyon, in the Bering Sea near the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, the United States; Kaikōura Canyon, off the coast of the Kaikōura Peninsula, New Zealand; La Jolla Canyon, off the coast of La Jolla, California; Monterey Canyon, off the coast of central California, the ...

  9. Kings Canyon National Park - Wikipedia

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    The park's namesake, Kings Canyon, is a rugged glacier-carved valley more than a mile (1,600 m) deep. Other natural features include multiple 14,000-foot (4,300 m) peaks, high mountain meadows, swift-flowing rivers, and some of the world's largest stands of giant sequoia trees.