How was the canyon form?

Anonymous

∙ 13y ago

Updated: 5/22/2023

The Grand Canyon was formed by the processes of weathering and erosion.

The Colorado River and its tributaries formed the canyon as the Colorado Plateau was being geologically uplifted. The erosion occurred fairly recently, starting around 17 million years ago, but the geologic record exposed covers around 1.8 billion years. Erosion is the moving of material from one place to another. From the size of the Grand Canyon, you can see that a lot of material was moved. No one is 100% sure how all this erosion took place, but with the help of repeated periods of flooding during previous periods of glaciation, dams formed by volcanism and their eventual breach, the susceptibility of certain rock layers in the canyon to be undercut by layers below them, and the ability of the Colorado River to transport the sediments, it did occur.
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Charlene Davis ∙

Lvl 13

∙ 2y ago

What else can I help you with?

Is a canyon a land form?

Yes it is an incised river canyon.

What is the closest thing to a canyon but its a type of land form but its not a canyon?

Basin

What is the plural form of canyon?

canyons

Did tension form the Grand Canyon?

Did the river brown form the grand canyon?

yes

What can moving water form a mile deep?

a canyon

Is there limestone in the Grand Canyon?

Yes, there is limestone in the Grand Canyon. It is primarily found in the form of the Redwall Limestone layer, which is one of the prominent rock layers in the canyon.

How can wind form a canyon?

wind cannot form canyons but it can shape an carve through them.

What is the land form of the Grand Canyon?

it is a gourge!!!! and it is also a solid

Which landform took longer to form a canyon or a volcano?

a volcano does.

What body of water helped form a canyon?

acid rain.

Did the misissippi river form the grand canyon?

No -- it was the Colorado River.

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