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Years of sediment from being under water, a desert and other ecosystems formed the 40 sedimentary layers of the Grand Canyon. About 75 million years ago, there was a geologic period of uplift - the same one that created the Rocky Mountains. The slow flow of the river has created a path through the rock. More detailed information is available by looking up the geology of the Grand Canyon.
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Which natural forces can cause slow changes in landforms?
Water and wind. The Grand Canyon is a great example of both.
What is a slow process that helps shape the grand canyon?
erosion
How much could a slow dripping tap fill up?
The Grand Canyon started with a slow drip
How does the Grand Canyon change?
Because it is dependent on nature, it is a very slow process.
Is changes in the earth's surface due to moving water is a rapid or slow process?
Slow. Erosion caused by water is a slow process, and usually takes hundreds of years. The Grand Canyon!
Does the Grand Canyon ever change?
It is in a constant state of change, but erosion is a slow and gradual process.
How erosion stopped working on the Grand Canyon?
It hasn't. Erosion within the Grand Canyon is a slow process on a human timescale, but it is ongoing. We need to ensure that we don't do something that dramatically increases or decreases the amount of erosion that occurs each year.
How did the Grand Canyon look 10 years ago?
It was virtually identical to today's version. Erosion and weathering is a very slow process.
How do slow changes such as moving continents affect organisms differently than rapid changes such as a meteorite affict organisms?
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What is slow change?
The changes which happen slow are slow changes.
How could you slow the canyon weathering?
i dont know how it cpuld slow it down
Was the Grand Canyon caused by erosion from the receding waters of Noah's deluge?
Another answer from our community:No. The Grand Canyon was created by erosion, mainly from the Colorado River, but with other causes, such as flooding of the canyon by the damming and dam breach of the river by volcanism, and by the uplift of the Colorado Plateau. These processes occurred over millions of years.
