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甘尼逊黑峡谷国家公园的荒野环境Our national parks journey this week takes us to the western state of Colorado. There, you will find a 77-kilometer-long canyon. Its exposed rocks are among the oldest you will find on Earth.本周的国家公园之旅带我们走进西部的科罗拉多州。在这里，你会发现一条77公里长的峡谷，该峡谷裸露在外的岩石是地球上可以找到的最古老的岩石之一。The canyon is so narrow and so deep that sunlight shines only briefly at the bottom at midday. That frequent darkness is what has given this canyon its name.该峡谷是如此狭长幽深，阳光只有在中午才能照到底部。这频繁的黑暗给了这条峡谷名字。Welcome to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park!欢迎来到甘尼逊黑峡谷国家公园。Black Canyon seems impossibly steep and narrow. The fast moving Gunnison River formed the canyon over millions of years. As the river flows through the canyon, it drops an average of 18 meters per kilometer. The Gunnison River loses more elevation in its 77 kilometer canyon stretch than the Mississippi River does in 2,400 kilometers from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico.黑峡谷国家公园看上去的陡峭与狭窄得难以想象。快速流动的甘尼逊河历经数百万年形成了这条大峡谷。随着这条河流流经峡谷，河面平均每公里下降了18米。甘尼逊河在这条77公里长峡谷中的海拔落差超过了密西西比河从明尼苏达州到墨西哥湾这2400公里长度的海拔落差。This loss in elevation causes the river to gain speed and force. Over time, that force has carved and cut the hard rock, and created the wild and jagged rock formations found at Black Canyon. That process is known as erosion.这种海拔落差导致甘尼逊河聚集了速度与力量。随着时间的推移，这种力量雕塑了坚硬的岩石，并创造了黑峡谷国家公园中天然锯齿状的岩层。该过程被称之为侵蚀。At its widest, Black Canyon is 14 kilometers(×). At its deepest point, it is 829 meters(kilometers×) from the canyon edge to the floor.黑峡谷国家公园最宽处有14公里，在峡谷最深处，从峡谷边缘到谷底地面有829米。Black Canyon attracted little attention from early Western explorers. In fact, no early Spanish explorers to the southwestern United States reported seeing Black Canyon. The first written record about the canyon came in 1873.黑峡谷很少吸引到早期西方探险家的关注。事实上，早期到达美国西南部的西班牙探险家无人报告说看到了黑峡谷。1873年第一次出现关于该峡谷的书面记录。The Ute Indians certainly knew of Black Canyon. But only its rim, never the gorge, shows evidence of past human occupation. Even today, the depth and steepness of Black Canyon make it extremel