Grand Canyon

YellowstoneNationalpark

Where is the Grand Canyon?

• In the north west of Arizona.

The history

• It was coming because a big glacial who beginning to melt and so it washed the soft stone away. So it became a valley.

• 2 Milliarden years old• 1919 Nationalpark• The hart Stones were staying, the soft stones

were washing away.

How big is the „Grand Canyon“

The Grand Canyon is:– 130 km wide– 1600 m deep– 160 km long

What can you see there?

• You can see ther the highest watherfalls off the earth. It is with 94m higher then the „Niagarafälle.“

Waterfalls

Colorado river

Activities

• Canoe Tours• You can go to the

Skywalk

Sky-walk

• In the first two years it were comming 700.000 people.

• The 100-150m deep gorge .

• The nature people are not for the Skywalk.

Sky-walk

• 22m long and 100-150m deep

• weight 48t• 120 Personen• 30 mio.$ • It is not allowed to

make Foto• Handys, Kameras+

bag`s you must give away.

Animals

• Ther are living birds 287 „säuge“ animals 88 fish 26 Reptilien & Amphibien 58 Plants 1.500

The end

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• http://www.einfach-sehenswert.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/grand-canyon3.jpg

• http://www.i-fewo.com/newsletter/2006_11/20061101.jpg• http://www.americanet.de/assets/images/AZ_Grand_Canyon_Skywalk.jpg• http://www.grand-canyon.de/supai• http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_von_Wasserf%C3%A4llen• http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_River• http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calf_Creek_Canyon • http://www.planet-wissen.de/laender_leute/berg_und_tal/schluchten/mythos_

grand_canyon.jsp

Vokabulary

• Gorge = Schlucht• wide =breit• Deep = tief• coming into being = entstehen• Glacial =Gletscher• Valley =Tal• Melt =Schmelzen