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Grand Canyon Facts
 * [[image:gctrip2012/IMG_0468[1].JPG width="403" height="301" caption="Ooh Aah point on the GC trail we went on, with our guide in the corner"]]
 * Tamarisk is a plant that grows in the canyon, it stores water, benefits erosion, and it is home to many animal. It’s predator tamarisk beetle, it poisons the roots of the plant.
 * Tourism in the canyon started in the 1880s, but in small numbers. Then in 1901 the Santa Fe Railway allowed much more tourists to come.
 * About 1,750 species of plant live in the grand canyon. This represents about half of the plants in Arizona.
 * Apollo astronauts hiked the Grand Canyon to understand rocks and geology.
 * The Grand Canyon was formed 5 to 6 million years ago, the shist at the bottom is the oldest rock in the canyon.

Colorado River Facts wapaki facts Facts about Suset Crater
 * Temperature of river around 47 degrees and is usually about 45.
 * Most of the Native fish have gone endangered because the dam made the water colder, and the new fish are eating away their population.
 * The river is a drinking and living area for many animals like sheep, birds, and fish.
 * The Colorado river is the 6th longest river in America behind the Missouri.
 * The Colorado was named for its old dolor, a red muddy color, and because of the silt. Colorado means red tint in Spanish.
 * The Colorado drains 224,000 drains into 6 states, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, and California.
 * wapiki is a old house that was used for trading
 * wapaki is over 900 years old
 * people used the area to trade for over 450 years
 * the the pits were used to play ball games and other spritual things
 * the main wapaki buliding could hold over 100 people
 * named by John Wesley Powell
 * the ash from the volcano blew over 180 miles
 * has multiple volcanos around it
 * It is a cinder volcano
 * the ash fertilized into the ground, and kept water from penatrating through.