Hello everyone!
I'm Florence, I recently joined this amazing community and I look forward to having an amazing time with the lovely people here as we share blogs about our experience and discoveries.
So while I was surfing the web and making research about my previous post on Geologic time scale, I came across something that caught my attention. It was CANYONS. After I was done with that write-up. I quickly got started with making researches about canyon.
Apparently, I'm someone who loves to discover and learn new things, anything at all that interests me. I would have loved to travel to lots of
beautiful places but because of ... You know, financial challenges I'm unable to. But, that doesn't hinder me from learning or knowing about places I'd love to be or make me loose hope in my dreams of one day being at those places.
So, a Canyon is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs results from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scale. Rivers have a tendency to cut through underlying surfaces, eventually wearing away rock layers as sediments are removed downstream and this happens over very long periods of time, taking thosands or millions of years. The process of weathering and erosion will form canyons when the river's headwaters and estuary are at significantly different elevations, particularly through regions where softer rock layers are intermingled with harder layers more resistant to weathering.
There are many notable canyons of the world but my favorites are the Glen canyon and antelope canyon, so I'd just talk about them.
History has it that Glen canyon has been a home for people for thousand of years. Archaic and prehistoric Indian cultures roamed and lived in the canyons. Later, a vast panorama of explorers miners, ranchers, historic Indian tribes and others left their marks there. In more recent times, a few hardy home steaders, river runner and uranium miners lived, worked and played among the canyons until they were filled by the waters of lake Powell.
Glen canyon is one of America's and the world's greatest natural wonders. John Wesley Powell who named Glen Canyon during his 1869 survey described it as "a land of beauty and glory" while Edward Abbey wrote that Glen canyon is "a portion of the Earth's original paradise". And no doubt the place is indeed of true beauty.
On the other hand, the antelope canyon was formed by erosion of the Navajo sandstone due to flash flooding and other sub-ariel processes. Rainwater, especially during monsoon season, runs into extensive basin above the slot canyon section, picking up speed and sand as it rushes into the narrow passage ways.
This canyon has a wave-like structure that gives it a unique look and along with it's glorious light beams, it has become the most photographed slot canyon in the south western United States.
I look forward to being there someday, hopefully. You could also be my ticket to visiting these tourist centres... Lol.
Much love to you all 🤗💝