Bryce Canyon is a national park in Utah, near Zion Canyon and the Grand Canyon, it was. After Ebenezer Bryce, a Mormon pioneer named one. It's not really a canyon but a natural amphitheater created by erosion of the plateau below the upper Paunsaugunt. Bryce Canyon contains unique geological structures called hoodoos, shaped by wind, water and ice.
Native Americans have lived in for Bryce Canyonabout 10,000 years ago. Local Indian tribes include the Anasazi and Paiute. Fremont Culture lived there until the 12th Century.
The first white men to reach Bryce Canyon Mormon scouts were in 1850, the settlement and were interested in agricultural development. U.S. Army Major John Leslie Powell led the first expedition in 1872. The canyon became a national monument in 1923 and a National Park in 1928.
The geology of Bryce Canyon is fascinating. The sedimentary features indicate deposition from the end of the period Cretacious, about 70 million years, the first half Cenezoic era, about 40 million years. Sedimentary rocks in the canyon include Dakota sandstone and shale Tropical.
Bryce Canyon contains a variety of plant and animal life. Mammals of the park are mule deer, lynx, foxes, mountain lions, coyotes, marmots and ground squirrels. L '> Gorge also contains 160 species of birds, including swallows and swifts, jays migrate from the park in winter, ravens, nuthatches, eagles and owls, all years of residence. The park also has a variety of trees, which are divided into three areas of life, according to their height.
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