View of the Grand Canyon,Arizona,taken from Mather Point on the southern rim of the canyon. The Grand Canyon on the Colorado River is a spectacular natural monument to the forces of uplifting & erosion. At its greatest width it measures 28 kilometres from rim to rim,with a depth of 1737 metres. The North Rim,visible in this view,is about 300 metres higher than the South Rim. Until 1963,when a dam was built upstream of the Grand Canyon at Glen Canyon,the load of suspended solids in the river could exceed 27 million tonnes per day in times of heavy flooding | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Craddock, Tony |
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