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“THE GRAND CANYON”

The Grand Canyon, in Spanish, is also known as “El Gran Cañón del Colorado”, because it is a colorful and steep gorge carved by the Colorado River at northern of Arizona, USA . The Grand Canyon is located mostly inside the Grand Canyon National Park . 

About 2000 million years ago , the Colorado River and its affluents cut layer after layer of sediment while the Colorado Plateau rose .

The elevation process increased the flow of the Colorado River and its affluents, increasing its speed and its ability to cross the rock.

POPULATIONThe first signs of human life in the Grand Canyon belong to 9000 and 3000 years ago. The desert dwellers were hunters and gatherers. The first Europeans who found evidence of those activities were Frazier , Eddy and Hatch, in an expedition in 1934.

ACTIVITIES

The most popular activities there, are casual tourist visits to the south border, rafting and hiking.

The valley is accessible by foot, mule or boat descending from the upper part of the river .There are companies that organize river rafting descents , usually for 15 people in boats equipped with outboard drive shaft. Usually they go out from Lee's Ferry and arrive until Diamond Creek . This journey lasts about six days .

The boats equipped with oars usually take about two weeks to complete the previous journey. There are also companies that organize trips for tourists by helicopter , starting both from Las Vegas and from the airport located on the south bank.

It also is possible to look at walking on the Skywalk on the Hualapai Resort, It is a walkway with a glass floor suspended over the gap at 1200 m of altitude from the bottom of the Canyon.

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