World Natural Heritage USA Grand Canyon National Park

The Grand Canyon is a unique area painstakingly carved into stone by one single river over a period of millions of years Inch by inch The result is a canyon of indescribable and unique beauty A canyon that overcomes some 4000 metres from the summit of its highest elevation to the banks of the Colorado thereby embracing five climate zonesThis is also why the Grand Canyon can boast an unrivalled density of flora and fauna Desert and mountain dwellers live here in the immediate vicinity sharing a unique biosphereNowhere else can the geological era be so perfectly determined by means of the rock formations adjacent to the ancient paths that lead from the edge of the canyon to the riverbanks of the Colorado2 billion years of Earths history made comprehensible For this reason alone the Grand Canyon is rightfully a World Natural Heritage Site worthy of protection and an ideal symbiosis of economy and ecology