The Grand Canyon, located in the northwest corner of Arizona, is one of the most spectacular examples of erosion in the world. The canyon is 277 miles long and a mile deep and it's separated into the south rim village and the north rim village. The climate and vegetation between the north and south are different due to the differences in elevation. The North Rim is the coldest and the wettest. It gets up to 26 inches of precipitation a year. The South Rim only gets around 16 inches of precipitation a year. The Inner Canyon is the closest to a desert as the lower you get, the hotter and drier it becomes. The bottom of the canyon is about 35°F hotter than the temperatures above. A neat and interesting fact about the Grand Canyon is that the colors of the rock change with the changing of the sunlight. (NPS)
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