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  2. Norman Nevills - Wikipedia

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    Norman D. Nevills (April 9, 1908 – September 19, 1949) was a pioneer of commercial river-running in the American Southwest, particularly the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. He led trips including Dr. Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter, the first two women to successfully float the Grand Canyon (which occurred in 1938), and Barry Goldwater.

  3. Grand Canyon - Wikipedia

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    The Grand Canyon [a] is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States.The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,093 feet or 1,857 meters).

  4. Uinkaret volcanic field - Wikipedia

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    The Uinkaret volcanic field is an area of monogenetic volcanoes in northwestern Arizona, United States, located on the north rim of the Grand Canyon. [2] Lava flows from the Uinkaret volcanic field that have cascaded down into the Grand Canyon, damming the Colorado River, have been used to date the canyon's carving. [3]

  5. Little Colorado River - Wikipedia

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    The lower 57.2 miles (92.1 km) is known as the Little Colorado River Gorge [3] and forms one of the largest arms of the Grand Canyon, at over 3,000 feet (910 m) deep where it joins the Colorado near Desert View in Grand Canyon National Park. An overlook of the gorge is a Navajo Nation Tribal Park.

  6. List of Grand Canyon rapids and features - Wikipedia

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    Guide to the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, Eighth Edition, 2021, Tom Martin and Duwain Whitis, Vishnu Temple Press and RiverMaps. ISBN 978-1-7324017-4-7 "Belknap's Waterproof Grand Canyon River Guide"; New Edition 2009; Buzz Belnap—Loie Belknap Evans; Library of Congress Control Number: 2006937059; ISBN 978-0-916370-16-9

  7. Colorado man found dead in Grand Canyon, marking seventh ...

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    From 2014 to 2019, 103 people died in Grand Canyon National Park, according to the NPS mortality dashboard.Of those fatalities, 49 were a result of medical emergencies or issues, including 37 ...

  8. Nankoweap Trail - Wikipedia

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    The Nankoweap Trail is an unmaintained hiking trail on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park, located in the U.S. state of Arizona. The Nankoweap trail descends 6,040 feet in 14 miles from the Saddle Mountain trailhead to Nankoweap Creek and on to the Colorado River. It is considered to be the hardest of the trails into the Canyon.

  9. Royal Gorge - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Gorge is a canyon of the Arkansas River located west of Cañon City, Colorado.The canyon begins at the mouth of Grape Creek, about 2 mi (3.2 km) west of central Cañon City, and continues in a west-northwesterly direction for approximately 6 mi (9.7 km) until ending near U.S. Route 50.