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Grand Canyon National Park The South Rim of Arizona's Grand Canyon is expensive and overcrowded, and there is usually a shortage of parking and accommodation, but that of course doesn't matter as the canyon is the most famous natural attraction in the USA and possibly in the world. No one forgets their first sight of the Grand Canyon and it will never fail to impress or offer something new, no matter how often it is visited. 大峡谷南缘的亚利桑那州的价格昂贵，人满为患，通常有一个停车场，住宿短缺，当然这并不重要，因为大峡谷是在美国也可能是世界上最有名的自然景点。没有人会忘记他们见大峡谷的第一眼，无论你参观多少次，它永远不会被忘记或提供一些新的东西。 Grand Canyon National Park?is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, a designated World Heritage Site, and one of the Crown Jewels of the National Park System. Declared a national park in 1919, the mile-deep, 277-mile long gorge draws nearly five million visitors annually to the lofty rims and world-class whitewater that await the active traveler. The 1.2 million acre park is home to numerous animals (from the endangered California condor above, to cougars, rattlesnakes and Gila monsters below), over 1,500 species of plants, archaeological sites dating back thousands of years, and one of the most complete geologic cross sections visible anywhere on the planet.??Sustaining these plant and animal communities, as well as carving the Canyon ever-deeper, is the powerful?Colorado River, the lifeblood of the desert Southwest. 大峡谷国家公园是其中的七大自然奇景，一个指定的世界遗产，国家公园皇冠珠宝。?在1919年宣布成为国家公园，一英里深，277英里长的峡谷吸引游客，世界级的白水等待着每年将近五百万的积极的旅客。 120万英亩的公园是家庭对许多动物（濒临灭绝的加州兀鹫上述规定外，美洲狮，响尾蛇和希拉怪物以下），超过1500种植物，可以追溯到几千年的考古遗址，以及最完整的地质跨地球上任何地方部分可见。???维持这些植物和动物群落，以及大峡谷的不断深入，是强大的科罗拉多河?，西南沙漠的命脉Landscapes Chaco Culture National Historical Park 查科文化国家历史公园History: The Chaco Canyon area was first inhabited in the middle of the ninth century and reached its peak importance about 200 years later, by which time the population reached 4,000 and over a hundred satellite villages had been constructed across north New Mexico. Trade routes were opened up with more di