E-Arizona, eU.SA ngenye yezinto eziyingozi kakhulu kwihlabathi-iGrand Canyon. Le yintsikelelo enkulu ebusweni bomhlaba, igumbwe nguMlambo waseColorado ngezigidi zeminyaka. I-canyon yenziwa ngenxa yenkqubo enkulu yokukhukhula komhlaba, kwaye ngumzekelo wayo obalaseleyo. Ubunzulu bayo bufikelela kwimitha eyi-1800, kwaye ububanzi kwezinye iindawo zifikelela kuma-30 km: ngenxa yale Grand Grand Canyon ithathwa njengowona mkhulu unxweme eMelika nakwihlabathi lonke. Kwiindonga zomgudu unokwazi ukufunda i-geology kunye ne-archeology, ngenxa yokuba baye bashiya imizila emine yeengingqi ze-geological, ezenzeka kwiplanethi yethu.
Amanzi omlambo oqhwithelayo owela ngaphantsi kwe-canyon enombala obomvu obomvu ngenxa yentlabathi, udongwe kunye namatye ahlambayo. Umgudu ngokwawo uzaliswe ngamaqoqo eentsika. Iziqendu zabo aziqhelekanga: ukukhuphuka komhlaba, ukuguguleka kwamanye amazwe kunye nezinye iziganeko zendalo ziye zakhokelela ekubeni ezinye iintlambo ze-canyon zibukeka njengeendonga, abanye - kwii-pagodas zesiTshayina, abanye-kwiindonga zenkqantosi, njl njl. Kwaye konke oku kungumsebenzi wendalo kuphela, ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka kwesandla somntu!
Kodwa uhlobo olumangalisayo lweGrand Canyon: luyintlobo yeemeko zemvelo ngeemeko ezahlukeneyo zemozulu. Le yinto ebizwa ngokuba yi-altitudinal zonation, xa ubushushu bomoya, umswakama walo kunye nomsila womhlaba uhluka kakhulu kwiindawo eziphakamileyo. Abameli beeflethi zendawo bahluke kakhulu. Ukuba umgca we-gorge ngumhlaba we-desert classic of south-west of North America ( iintlobo ezahlukeneyo ze-cacti , i-yucca, i-agave), ngoko kwi-plateau level level ne-juniper imithi, isi-spruce kunye ne-fir, ijwayele ukupholisa.
Imbali kunye nezokhenketho zeGrand Canyon
Le ndawo yayiyaziwa ngamaNdiya aseMerika ezininzi eminyaka edlulileyo. Oku kuboniswa yimifanekiso yamatye yamandulo.
Bayivula umphunga kubantu baseYurophu abavela eSpeyin: ngowokuqala ngo-1540, iqela lamajoni aseSpain, ehamba ngokukhangela igolide, lazama ukuhla ukuya ngasezantsi kwe-canyon, kodwa kwakungekho nto. Kwaye sele sele ngo-1776 kwakukho ababingeleli ababini bafuna indlela eya eCalifornia. Indlela yokuqala yophando kwi-Colorado Plateau, apho i-Grand Canyon ifumaneka khona, kwakukho ukuhamba kwenzululwazi kaJohn Powell ngo-1869.
Namhlanje, iGrand Canyon inxalenye yepaki kazwelonke yegama elifanayo, elise-Arizona. Phakathi kwezinto ezikhangayo zendawo zivelela ubuhle kunye nobuhle beBukan-Stone, uFern Glen Canyon, iThempeli leShiva nabanye. Ininzi yazo ikhona kwicala elingasentla le-canyon, ephindaphinda kakhulu kunentla. Kwizinto ezikhangelelwe ngabantu zingabonwa kuphela enye - isikhala sesikhumbuzo kunye nokubhalwa kwezizwe zaseNdiya, kubiza le ndawo indawo yabo (uZuni, Navajo kunye neApache).
Indlela yokufikelela kwiGrand Canyon e-USA?
Kulula ukufika kwi-canyon esuka eLas Vegas , kwaye oku kunokwenziwa ngeendlela ezininzi: ngokuqeshisa imoto okanye ukuyalela ityelelo ngebhasi, kwinqwelo okanye nakwi-helicopter. Ukungena kwiGrand Canyon ixabisa malunga needola ezingama-20 ze-US, isebenza ngokusemthethweni iintsuku ezi-7, ngeliphi ixesha
Abathandi abakhulu bafika kwiGrand Canyon bahlasele uMlambo waseColorado kwiingqungquthela ezinokuthabatha. Ezinye izinto zokuzonwabisa zendawo zivela kwi-canyon kuma-mules kunye nohambo lwe-helikopta phezu kwendawo. Abakhenkethi abaninzi abaqapheleyo bayamenywa ukuba bahlole i-canyon kwinqanaba elithile lokuqwalasela: into eyaziwayo kakhulu yi-Skywalk, ephantsi kwayo iglasi epheleleyo. Ngaphambili, kwiminyaka engama-40 ukuya kuma-50 ekhulwini lokugqibela, okubizwa ngokuba yienqwelo zokuhamba ngeenqwelo zokuhamba nge-Grand Canyon zaziwa, nangona kunjalo, emva kokuxabana kweenqwelo ezimbini ngo-1956, zavalwa.