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No -- it was the Colorado River.

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Is any of the Grand Canyon in Colorado?

No. The Grand Canyon IS NOT in the state of Colorado. Many people get confused on that because the river that carves through the Grand Canyon is called the Colorado River. The Grand Canyon is in Arizona.


Did the river brown form the grand canyon?

yes


What river cuts though layers of rocks to form the grand canyon?

Colorado river


What body of water helped form the Grand Canyon?

The Colorado River.


What river cut through layers of rock to form the grand canyon?

Colorado River


What is the Colorado river known for?

Follow throught the Grand Canyon. Scottyboy, Chris, and Kasey


What agent of erosion is responsible for the formation of the Grand Canyon?

The Grand Canyon was formed from a river. It eroded away at the rock for millions of years, then dried up to form what we see today.


What fprce of erosion causes deltas to form the grand canyon?

The Grand Canyon was formed mainly due to the Colorado river, and also due to uplift pronouncing the scale of the canyon; it is not formed due to a delta, as deltas are only formed at the mouth of the river, not in its middle course.


How long did the Grand Canyon take to form in a week?

It took millions of years of erosion from the colorado river


How exactly was the grand canyon formed?

the Colorado river eroded the rock below, pressing it down through the river,to form the walls and canyon.It took millions of years for it to form.


How might one of the layers in the Grand Canyon form?

The water from the clorado river erodes the rock to make one of the rivers


Did tension form the Grand Canyon?

no