Transcript The Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon
By Jake Falanga
How Was The Grand Canyon
Formed?
The Grand Canyon was formed by erosion. The
Colorado River cutting away the soft rock is
erosion. Rocks falling into the Colorado River
also caused erosion. Finally wind erosion
blowing sand cut away the rock. All three of
these methods slowly cut away the rocks to
what we see today as the Grand Canyon.
Did you know that the Grand Canyon erodes
the depth of a credit card and the canyon is
estimated to be 17,000,000 years old?
The Colorado River Running
Through The Grand Canyon
The Havasupi Tribe
The Havasupi tribe have occupied the Grand
Canyon for at least 800 years and are a well
known tribe. They are the only Native American
tribe that actually live in the Grand Canyon. They
count on game and wild plants in the winter and
farm in the summer. Havasupi means people of
the blue-green water because there water is
greenish-blue water.
Did you know that the Havasupi made
something called the skywalk which is made out
of Plexiglas and is built over the Grand Canyon
so you can appear to be floating over it?
The Skywalk
Animals of The Canyon
The Grand Canyon also supports animal
life. The south rim‘s animal life is mostly
made up of gray fox , mule deer , bighorn
sheep , and rock squirrels. The north rim’s
animal life includes mountain lions , kaibab
squirrels , and northern goshawks.
Tourists are not aloud to feed the animals
in fear that the will get used to being fed
and they will get hit by a car or they will
lose their ability to hunt.
A Mountain Lion
Author’s Note
The author’s note was to reach out to his
readers to understand that the Grand
Canyon is something to be protected and
loved by all people. He hopes you enjoyed
it! 