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Grand Canyon National Park

National Park

Grand Canyon National Park is a national park of the United States in northwestern Arizona, protecting most of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. First given federal protection as a forest reserve in 1893 and as a national monument in 1908 under President Theodore Roosevelt, it was established as the 15th US national park on February 26, 1919. The park spans roughly 1,900 metres of elevation and several distinct ecosystems, and it is one of the most visited national parks in the United States, with the canyon itself exposing nearly two billion years of Earth's geological history in its layered rock walls. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Designation Category
National Park 1
Established Year
1919 1
Area (sq km)
4926.08 1
Governing Body
US National Park Service 1
IUCN Category
II 1
Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
International Designation
UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
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United States, Countries
Source Grand Canyon National Park (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Grand Canyon National Park (Wikipedia)
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  • lead section
    Grand Canyon National Park is a national park of the United States located in northwestern Arizona, the 15th site to have been named as a national park.
  • Introduction
    Grand Canyon National Park is a national park of the United States in northwestern Arizona, protecting most of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River.
  • Governing body field (existing citation)
    US National Park Service
  • wikipedia lead/infobox, international-designation unesco-world-heritage-site
    The Grand Canyon was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979.
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