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TheGrandCanyonisasteep-sidedgorgecarvedbytheColoradoRiverintheUnitedStatesinthestateofArizona.ItislargelycontainedwithintheGrandCanyonNO.1NationalPark,oneofthefirstnationalparksintheUnitedStates.PresidentTheodoreRooseveltwasamajorproponentofpreservationoftheGrandCanyonarea,andvisiteditonnumerousoccasionstohuntandenjoythescenery.大峡谷是刻在美国亚利桑那州科罗拉多河上的一个陡峭的双面峡谷。它主要包含在大峡谷国家公园，美国第一个国家公园之一。总统西奥多罗斯福是大峡谷保护区的主要支持者一个，并多次来狩猎和欣赏风景。Gorge:峡谷，峡ColoradoRiver：科罗拉多河Proponent：支持者

TheGrandCanyonis277miles(446km)long,rangesinwidthfrom4to18miles(6.4to29km)andattainsadepthofoveramile(1.83km)(6000feet).NearlytwobillionyearsoftheEarthsgeologicalhistoryhavebeenexposedastheColoradoRiveranditstributariescuttheirchannelsthroughlayerafterlayerofrockwhiletheColoradoPlateauwasuplifted.WhilethespecificgeologicprocessesandtimingthatformedtheGrandCanyonarethesubjectofdebatebygeologists,recentevidencesuggeststheColoradoRiverestablisheditscoursethroughthecanyonatleast17millionyearsago.Sincethattime,theColoradoRivercontinuedtoerodeandformthecanyontothepointweseeitastoday.大峡谷277英里（446公里）长，4到18英里（6.4至29公里）宽，深度达到1比1英里（1.83公里）（6000英尺）。科罗拉多河揭露了近二十〇亿年地球的地质历史，当科罗拉多高原隆升，其支流从岩石层切割到渠道层。虽然地质学家主体辩论的是具体的地质过程和时间形成了大峡谷，最近的证据表明，科罗拉多河在至少17万年前就开始形成。自那时以来，科罗拉多河不断侵蚀，形成了我们今天看到的看到峡谷上的一点。Tributaries:之流Uplifted：隆升Specific：具体的Erode：侵蚀

TheGreatBarrierReefisthelargestcoralreefintheworld,roughlyparalleltothecoastofQueensland,Australia,foralmost2,000km.Australiahasalmost1/5thoftheworldsreefareaandmostislocatedintheGBR.NO.2澳大利亚的大堡礁GreatBarrierReefWashedbythewarmwatersoftheSouth-WestPacificOceantheperfectenvironmentiscreatedfortheworldslargestsystemofcoralreefs.TheGreatBarrierReefisofsuchpristineconditionthatitwaslistedbytheWorldHeritageTrustasaprotectedsiteandisthereforemanagedbytheGreatBarrierReefMa