Grand Canyon National Park

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Across
  1. 1. This tribe has inhabited the Grand Canyon Area for hundreds of years, and today has about 2,300 members. They are best known for the Grand Canyon Skywalk
  2. 3. Rocks formed by a volcano or other heat
  3. 5. The way to discover hidden waterfalls and paradisiacal side canyons - areas of Grand Canyon National Park that are accessible only by river
  4. 7. This non-layer represents a time where the mountains that had grown here were gradually eroded away to form a plain
  5. 10. This tribe were originally hunters and gatherers who adopted farming practices from local puebloan tribes, and latter cared for livestock
  6. 11. The century-old trail starts in Grand Canyon Village on the South Rim and is not for those afraid of heights, but it is the park's most popular path
  7. 12. Over the past 6 million years, this has carved through almost 2 billion years of the earth’s geologic history at the Grand Canyon
  8. 13. Fossils in the rock tell us that corals, cephalopods, bryozoans, and brachiopods lived here. The surfaces of the exposed cliffs are stained red by iron in rock eroding from the layers above with rain
  9. 18. This layer is exposed only in the eastern section of the Canyon and belongs to neither the Chuar or Unkar groups because it is bounded on both sides by unconformities
  10. 19. This layer averages about 1,190 million years old, is composed of sandstone interbedded with shale, and occurs primarily in the eastern regions of the Canyon
  11. 21. These animals combine the sure-footedness of a burro with the larger size and strength of a horse, and have been carrying canyon visitors since the late 1800s
  12. 23. It is more remote and less developed than the South Rim, and so it attracts far fewer tourists. Many people think its viewpoints are the most spectacular, since they are located at a higher elevation
Down
  1. 2. The scientific study of rocks
  2. 4. This tan colored layer is composed primarily of sandstone with some small sections of shale
  3. 6. A house built by Native Americans, shared by the community and usually several stories high
  4. 8. Rocks formed by extreme pressure or heat
  5. 9. Their tribe name means "people of the blue-green waters" and refers to the beautiful waterfalls which is the tribes home, and their main source of industry, tourism. 400 members remain today
  6. 14. Is open all year and is located 60 miles north of Williams, Arizona and 80 miles northwest of Flagstaff
  7. 15. This non-layer indicates an age in which no sediments can be found. It is indicative of a time when an advancing sea eroded away the sediments that should be here
  8. 16. To wear away or eat into
  9. 17. A deep valley with steep sides
  10. 20. Deposited rock particles that settle in liquid
  11. 22. The 48th state and last of the contiguous states, it is also the location of the Grand Canyon