The grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon is a huge monument that is along the Colorado River in the United States, It's extraordinarily long of 450km and between 5m to 300m wide.

The Grand Canyon has very old rocks, they are over 1.7 billion years old. This monument is 1300 m deep. Forty-five earthquakes affected this historic monument in the twentieth century.

It has many fossil. Researchers found caves with animal hair and bones. There is a rumor that the Grand Canyon was formed in the cénozoïc times. It was carved by the force of the Colorado River,

The chart here was found at: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon ! :)

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average maximum temperatures ° C	5	7	10	15	21	27	29	28	24	18	11	6
Average minimum temperature ° C	-8	-6	-4	0	4	8	12	12	8	2	-3	-7
Average rainfall (mm)	33	39	35	23	16	10	46	57	29	28	23	-4

This table shows the maximum temperatures per month, minimum and average rainfall (mm). For example in January, in the Grand Canyon, the maximum temperature is 5 °.

And the minimum temperature is -8 ° still in January. This table was approved by scientists.

The Grand Canyon is also famous for the films shot in this place such as:

Grand Canyon Adventure, Edge of Eternity or Thelma and Louise.

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