風景掠影-美國大峽谷

The Grand Canyon, United States
美國 大峽谷

A steep gorge by the Colorado River, Arizona in United States, this has the most enjoyable scenery. It is 277 miles in length, 4 to 18 miles in width and about a mile in depth. Scientists are of the opinion that the canyon has been created by the Colorado River over a six million year period.

位于美國亞利桑那州科羅拉多河兩側深深的峽谷是最讓人流連忘返的。該峽谷長277英里，寬度在4-18英里之間，深1英里。科學家們認為這個峽谷是在六百萬年前是由科羅拉多河沖刷而成。

Native Americans built settlements in the caves within the canyon before the emigration of Europeans. It was also considered to be a site of pilgrimage by the Pueblo people. The first recorded visit to the Grand Canyon by the Europeans was in 1869. Although, it is not the deepest canyon in the world, it is known for its extremely huge size and beautifully intricate landscape. The Grand Canyon National Park is said to be one of the first National Parks in the United States and attracts more than five million visitors a year. Weather conditions in the Grand Canyon vary a great deal between seasons as well as elevation. While winter snow is experienced by the higher elevated forested rims, the inner gorge has a desert temperature because of the low elevation.

在歐洲移民到美洲之前，美國原住民已在峽谷的洞穴里居住。該峽谷被普韋布洛民族奉為一處朝圣之地。根據記錄，歐洲人首次來到這個地方時間是在1869年。盡管這不是世界上最深的峽谷，但因其極為恢弘的規模及錯綜復雜色而享有盛譽。大峽谷國家公園據說是美國第一個的國家公園，每年吸引了超過五百萬的游客。盡管，在地勢較高被森林覆蓋的邊緣，冬天白雪皚皚。而峽谷內部因為地勢較低則是一片荒漠。

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