Grand Canyon National Park Mini-Lesson

Gina Niceforo

Geology 110

Lake Tahoe Community College

John Wesley Powell

Theodore Roosevelt John Muir

Woodrow Wilson

Grand CanyonNational Park

Is Born!!!

The Colorado River

Shapes the Grand Canyon!

6000 Feet Deep

18 Miles Wide

277 Miles Long

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