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ʻOlogylelo Geology
ʻO ka Grand Canyon kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona maʻamau o ka honua i kā mākou honua. Hiki i nā ʻāpana o nā ʻalani heʻehā o ka Honua ma ia [ kēlā mau mea? ], a he mau pōhaku a me nā ana i loaʻa i nā waiwai ʻenehana, koi a me nā mea archaeological.
Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Canyon [ na wai? ] ʻo kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa o ka ʻaʻai.
I ka wā mua, holo ka muliwai ʻo Colorado ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka pāpū [ ʻaʻole kumu i koho ʻia ma nā lā 566 ], akā ma muli o ka neʻe o ka ʻālima o ka honua ma kahi o 65 miliona mau makahiki i hala aku, ua kū aʻe ke kākāʻau ʻo Colorado. Ma muli o ke hāpai ʻana i ka pālapa, ua loli ke kihi o ka manaʻo o ka muliwai ʻo Colorado, ma muli o kona wikiwiki a me ka hiki ke kāohi i nā pōhaku i waiho i kona ala.
ʻO ka mea mua, ua luku ka muliwai i nā wahi kiʻekiʻe a kau i luna, a laila hoʻonohonoho i nā kāmaʻa hanohano a me nā pākō kahiko. Aloha Hou Canyon [ ʻaʻole kumu i koho ʻia ma nā lā 566 ]. Ua hana ʻia e pili ana ia 5-6 miliona mau makahiki i hala. Ke hoʻomohala nei ke kīkē ma muli o ka hoʻomau ʻana o ke kaʻina.
Fauna
Kekahi endemic species of squirrel Sciurus aberti kaibabensis e noho ana i ka nui o ka paina melani. Ma nā ulu lāʻau coniferous nui, e ulu ana kokoke i ka palena o luna o ke kai, loaʻa nā ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele. Ma ka huina holoʻokoʻa, he 34 mau ʻano o nā mamela i noho ma ka wahi i loko o ka pahu kuamo, ʻo ia hoʻi he 18 mau pūʻulu rodents a me 8 mau ʻūpiki.
I ka wā mua, ua lele ka piranh ulaula i luna i ka nahele ( Piranga ludoviciana ) .
Hoʻohui kanaka
ʻIke ʻike nā poʻe ʻAmelika ʻAmelika (ʻAmelika) e pili ana i ka Grand Canyon mau tausani i hala aku nei. ʻO nā hōʻailona mua o ke ola ma loko o ka puʻukū i mau kiʻi pena ana i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā Indiano ma kahi o 3 mau makahiki i hala.
I ka makahiki 1540, ua ʻike ʻia ka Grand Canyon e kekahi pūʻali koa Sepania ma lalo o ka kauoha a Garcia Lopez de Cardenas, e hele ana ma ka ʻimi ʻana i ke gula. Ua hoʻāʻo nā pūʻali koa Sepania e Hopi India e iho i lalo o ka pahu, akā ua koi ʻia lākou e hoʻi ma muli o ka wai ʻole o ka wai inu.
Mai ia wā mai, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia nā kipa ʻia e ka ʻEulopa no nā kenekulia ʻelua mau makahiki.
I ka makahiki 1776, ʻelua mau kāhuna pule Sepania, i ukali ʻia me kahi pūʻali koa liʻiliʻi o nā koa, i holo aku ma ke alanui Grand Canyon no ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi ala mai Santa Fe i Kaleponi.
ʻO ka huakaʻi ʻepekema mua mua loa i ka Grand Canyon, i alakaʻi ʻia e ke kaua koa ʻo ke Kaua War Warryi, a i ka haʻiʻāina ʻo John Weasley Powell, i ka makahiki 1869. Ua ʻimi ʻo Powell a wehewehe i ka lae.
I ka makahiki 2013, 'o ka mea kamaʻilio kaula nui' Amelika Nicholas Wallenda i hele i Grand Canyon, e hāʻawi ana i luna o kahi pali ma luna o kahi kaula me nā kaula ʻole.
Hōʻeu ka lua o nā lua
I nā makahiki 1940-1950, ua hoʻolālā pono nā poʻe lawaiʻa o nā mokulele mokulele e lele nei ma kēia wahi i ke ala i hiki ai i nā mea hele ke leʻaleʻa i nā manaʻo o Great Canyon. Hoʻomaʻama pinepine ʻia nā pailota i kekahi mau "ʻono" ma luna o ke kahua me nā pā hema a me ka ʻākau no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka ʻike o nā kaʻa. I kēlā mau makahiki ʻaʻole kēia i pāpā ʻia, ʻoiai ke kuleana ka poʻe pailaka o ka poʻe pae uwahi penikala, a ma nā ʻalika, e hana i nā mokulele, a i kekahi manawa e hoʻokūkū i ka mokulele i ka lewa. Ma Iune 30, 1956, ua hoʻopiʻi ʻo Lockheed Constellation o Trans World Airlines a me DC-7 o United Airlines ma luna o ka Grand Canyon. Ua hina ʻo Debris ma lalo o ka iʻa, make a 128 poʻe. ʻO ia ka moku ākea lahilahi nui i ka honua a hiki i ka makahiki 1960 (i ka manawa i hāʻule ai ka mokulele ma luna o New York), a ma hope iho ua hoʻopau ʻia nā mokulele ʻike ma nā wahi mokulele ma luna o nā wahi i ʻike ʻia e ʻAmelika.
Ua kū i kahi mokulele mokulele ma luna o ke Grand Canyon i ka makahiki 1986. I loko o ia manawa, i ka wā o ka hana o nā huakaʻi lele, ua holo aku kahi DHC-6 Twin Otter a me kahi helikopter o ka Bell 206, ma muli o ka make ʻana o ka poʻe 25 mau mea i loko o lākou.
ʻO ka ʻike nui e pili ana i Canyon
- Ke piha inoa: "Grand Canyon" National Park (English. Grand Canyon National Park).
- Wāhi: Arizona, United States.
- IUCN Kāwai: Nui Canyon - II (National Park).
- Lā kumu: 02/19/1919
- Apana: 4926.66 km2.
- ʻO ka hōʻuluʻulu: nā mauna, nā puʻu pele, hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e nā gorges, nā pali a me nā awāwa wai me nā ʻaoʻao heʻe.
- Kūlana: ʻona, maʻalahi ka palupalu.
- Paena pūnaewele: nps.gov/grca
- Ke kumu o ka hoʻomohala ʻana: mālama i ka ʻāina hoʻoneʻe ʻokoʻa ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana hema o ʻAmelika Hema, kona mau pua a me nā mea ola manuahi, a me nā ʻaoʻao o nā kūpuna o nā kamaʻāina o kēia ʻāina.
- E kipa - uku ʻia
Grand Canyon - ʻIke ʻike malihini
"Grand Canyon" - kahi māāina aupuni aia ma ke komohana o Arizona ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
E holo ana ka mākeke i nā makahiki a puni, uku ʻia ke komo, hōʻoia ka pepa no nā lā ʻehiku. Konohiki, ka mahele ʻokoʻa i ka wahi ma ke kūkulu ʻākau a me ka ʻaoʻao hema, e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia paha ke kahawai ʻo Colorado iā lākou. ʻO ka ʻākau a me ke kūkulu hema o ka paka i ka ʻokoʻa i ke anā, ka ʻōpala a me nā pua. Eia kekahi, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ke kīhaka, a i ka hoʻoilo i ka hoʻoilo he mea maʻamau ke pani ʻia i nā malihini, ʻo ka maʻamau 10% wale nō o nā māka kīnā e hele nei ma aneʻi.
Ma kēlā me kēia wahi ʻo ka Grand Canyon kahi kahua kipa kipa me ka piha piha o nā lawelawe pono e pono ai no ka hoʻokipa a me ka poʻe e kipa.
I ka paka, ma lalo o ka mākaʻi ʻana o nā alakaʻi ranger mākaukau, hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i nā ʻano ʻano hanohano a me nā ʻāpana like ʻole: ma ka wāwae a i ʻole nā mākaʻi a me nā lio, ma ke kaʻa, kaʻa a i ʻole ke kaʻa, ma kahi helikopter a me ke alo.
Nui nā hiʻohiʻona nānā ma ke kaiāulu mai hiki iā ʻoe ke mahalo i nā ʻāpana like ʻole o ka paka. Ma North Rim aia kahi kiʻekiʻe o nā wahi i nānā aku ai ʻo Imperial Point, kahi e hāʻawi nei i kahi kupanaha i ka ʻāpana o ka māhele hikina o ka Grand Canyon.
ʻO ka ʻalihi nānā kaulana loa a me kahi neʻe neʻe ʻana he lewa ʻo Sky Sky, ʻO ka honua holoʻokoʻa aniani nā kaʻe kai loko o ka honua. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o ka paepae ma luna o ka papakō o ka pahu he 1200 m, ʻo kona lōʻihi ākea kahele kiaʻi ma kahi mamao o 21m mai ka ʻaoʻao o ka pali. Mahalo i ka papahele aniani o ka aniani 10-centimeter pia, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka nani o kēia mau wahi mai ke kiʻekiʻe o ka lele o nā manu. ʻO ka laulā o ke alaloa he 3m, ʻo 42m ka lōʻihi, a ʻo 1.5m ka kiʻekiʻe o nā paia ʻaoʻao.
Hiki i nā poʻe aloha aloha ke hao i ka muliwai ʻo Colorado. Ma laila, ma nā ala wai āpau, hoʻomaka nā mākaʻikaʻi e holo kalai mai nā kihi o Lis Ferry.
Ma ka paka, hiki i nā malihini ke kiʻi i nā kiʻi a nānā i ka poʻe kamaʻāina mai kahi mamao loa, kipa aku i nā hoʻonāukiuki o nā poʻe kamaʻāina o kēia mau wahi - nā ʻohana ʻāinana o Valapai a me Hawasupaya.
He wahi lako i ka wahi mālama ʻia: aia nā hōkele a me nā wahi hoʻomoana, nā alanui ala, nā hale papaʻi, nā hale ʻaina a me nā hale kūʻai, nā hale kūʻai ʻoluʻolu a me nā kahua kaʻa. Eia kekahi, ʻo nā Grand Canyon he mau kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi.
Ua hōʻea ka hapa nui o nā malihini i ka paka mai kekahi mau hola mai ka lōʻihi o ke kahua mai South Rim mai nā mokulele mai ʻo McCarran (Las Vegas) a i ʻole Sky Sky (Phoenix). Mai laila aku, hiki i ka Grand Canyon aia nā lawelawe kaʻa intercity.
ʻO nā kūlanakauhale kokoke e pili ana iā Williams a me Flagstaff. ʻO Williams a me ke kauhale waena o Village Park e pili ʻia ana e ka lālā lālā. Kū kaʻa ke kaʻa ma ke kahua 100 mika mai ka haleʻa.
I loko o ka hale kalapu, holo nā kaʻa manuahi ma waena o nā kahua kipa, a hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā lawelawe kaʻa.
ʻO ka mōʻaukala hanana hanana
Ma kahi kīnā ʻole, ua noho ka poʻe kamaʻāina o ʻAmelika ʻĀina ma kahi o 3,000 mau makahiki i hala aku nei - aia i kēia manawa i hoʻihoʻi ʻia nā mea pena kiʻi i hana ʻia e nā Indians.
I ka makahiki 1540, ua ʻike ʻia ka "Grand Canyon" i ka wā o ka holo "gula" o ke kāpena papali ʻo Garcia L. de Cardenas. A laila ua poina ia ke kula me nā pali keu ma mua o ʻelua mau kenekulia, a i ka 1826 wale nō. kahi hui o nā poʻe trappers ʻAmelika (kahi a St John's wort) i alakaʻi ʻia e James Ohio Patti i hele i ka iʻa.
Ma hope o ka hapalua mau makahiki, ua ho'āʻo kekahi mau misionari Moremoni e hoʻohuli i ka ʻohana India o Valapai e noho ana ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka Grand Canyon i ka Karistiano. I ka 1858 ʻO John Stron Newberry paha ka mea ʻimi mua e kipa aku ai i ka wahi, a i ka makahiki 1869. ʻO ka huakaʻi holomua ʻepekema holomua mua, i alakaʻi ʻia e Major John Weasley Powell, i wehewehe a ʻimi ʻia i ke ana.
I ka 1883 ka hapa nui o ka ʻāina ulu ma ka Puka o Kaibab ma ke kūkulu ʻākau o ka Hoʻolālā ʻo Colorado kahi i loaʻa i ke kūlana o ka ʻāina ulu lāʻau. I ka makahiki 1908, lilo ia i ka lahui o ke aupuni, a ma ka 1909 Ua haku ʻia ka Grand Canyon National Biological Reserve.
I ka 1919 Ua haʻi aku ka ʻaha ʻo ka ʻāina o kēia ʻāina i ko lākou mau ʻāina i ke kahua kūloko a ma hope iho o 60 mau makahiki, i ka makahiki 1979, ua hui nui ʻo Grand Canyon ma UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Nā huakaʻi i ka paka
E kū ana ka Grand Canyon ma ke komohana o ka ʻaoʻao kiʻekiʻe o Colorado. Ke kaulaʻi nei i ka muliwai ʻo Colorado - mai ke kalai ʻana o ka muliwai liʻiliʻi ʻo Colorado ma kahi kuihi o ka Grand Wash-Cliffs kokoke i ka Mid Water Reservoir. I laila, he mau kaila nui, aia nā lua gali - ʻo ka Cataract Canyon me Glen Canyon, ʻoiai mai 1963. lilo i ka waiwai waihona o Powell.
I ka manawa like, ʻaʻole like ka nui o ka nui o ka pahu lāʻau i ka liʻiliʻi a paʻa hoʻi ka lōʻihi ma ka lepo. Ua piha me nā puʻu e hoʻokaʻawale ana i nā pali-koena o ke ʻano nui. Hōʻalo ʻia ka wai a me ka hiʻona ma nā paia o ka pahu me ka nani o nā battlements, nā magodas hanohano, nā hale kiaʻi Gothic, nā pelamahine kahiko. ʻO ka nui o kēia mau mea hana i ko lākou mau inoa iho: Temple of Solomon, Temple of Jupiter, Temple of Zarathustra, Throne of Wotan, Temple of Vishnu, etc.
ʻO ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ke kai ka 300 mau kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka ʻaoʻao hema, Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau i ka palena o ka mākia, kokoke i ke kaʻe o ka maka ʻana ma ka ʻaoʻao koa o Cape Royal ma Nord-Roma, ʻike ʻoe i ka pāloʻi kūlohelohe o ka "Window of Angels", kahi i hoʻonui ʻia ai ka nui o nā kahe a me kona laulā. huli ke komohana, a kahi kū pono i kahi kuʻi e kū pono ai i ka pālahalaha ʻo Kaibab.
Eia ane ka esplanade - kahi aniani o ke one hoʻonaninani ulaula, i hoʻoneʻe nui ʻia e ka makani a me ka hi ʻana o ka wai - nā blazes me nā ʻoniʻoni ulaula i ka puka ʻana o ka lā. I nā wahi he nui, nā palemona o kona mau pōloli ma ke kihi o ka hohonu.
Ma nā ʻāpana komohana nui o ke Grand Canyon, kokoke i ka Mead Reservoir, he ʻeleʻele uliuli-slag cone Vulkans-Tron, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma kahi he 10 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, e kū ana ma luna o ka wai, a ua āohi ʻia kona mau waʻu ʻo Colorado ma kahi o ka basalt kūlohelohe.
Ma kahi o 4,500,000 huakaʻi hele mai i ka Grand Canyon i kēlā me kēia makahiki, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke noho i ka hoʻopiha piha ʻana inā makemake ʻoe. Ua kaulana ʻo Fern Glen Canyon no kāna mea kanu waiwai a me ka microclimate kupaianaha, a ma ka North Canyon Vosch ma ka wāwae o nā kapakai kahe e moe ana i ka loko. Hoʻopili i nā ʻāina kūlohelohe, he loaʻa nō nā kiʻi nani i nā kiʻi ʻekepili i haku ʻia e nā lima kanaka.
Hūʻākau a me ke kūkulu hema o ke kīleʻa kūwaho ma waena o ke alahaka ʻo Kaibab suspension, i kūkulu ʻia i ka makahiki 1928, e hoʻopili i nā ala ʻelua i huakaʻi me ka lōʻihi o 34 km.
Ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o Grand Canyon, kū ana kahi kākela kiʻekiʻe 21 mika ka lōʻihi o ka hale kiaʻi o ka moʻomeheu ʻAmelika Prehistoric ʻAiwizi, nā kūpuna o ka ʻohana Navajo. Ua kūkulu ʻia kahi hale pōhaku ʻehā no ka 1932 e like me ka papahana a ka papa hana ʻAmelika ʻo ʻo ʻo Colter. Ma kahi kokoke i ka hale kiaʻi i nā wahi i hoʻopau ʻia ai ʻo Tusayan - kahi kahua archaeological o ke kūkulu kanaka i nā kaona o nā panalāʻau o ka Grand Canyon. ʻO nā mea ʻala a me ka hale moʻomeheu e hoʻohālikelike i ka ola o nā poʻe Pueblo kahiko i nā kenekulia XI-XII.
Nā hana mana a me nā kumu pilikino maoli o nā Canyons
ʻO ka Grand Canyon kahi mamao loa mai uka hohonu o ka honua (no ka laʻana, ʻo Hells Canyon ma Idaho a me ka North Mexico Barranca del Cobra kahi hohonu ma mua o ia mea), akā he nani loa a nani loa.
Hoʻomaka ka hōʻoluʻolu o kēia māka kūloko ma kahi o 75,000,000 mau makahiki i hala. I kēlā mau lā, ua piʻi ke kahawai ʻo Colorado he 3.2 km, kahi kāʻei nui i hana, kahi 18,000,000 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ma muli o ke hoʻololi ʻana o ke kihi o ke āina, ua hoʻomaka ka wai o nā ʻōhua wai, a me 12,000,000 mau makahiki ma hope mai, hoʻomaka ke kahawai ʻo Colorado. kona kaila, ma ka manawa like pū me kāna poʻe lawe mokulele e hoʻokumu ana i ka Grand Canyon. ʻO kona mau wai i ka wikiwiki o 25 km / h holo i loko o nā kahe miliona mau tonelita o ke one, gravel, silt a me nā bea nui, ka holoi ʻana i nā pōhaku palupalu.
I kēia manawa nā pōhaku kahiko a ikaika loa - nā granite, e uhi i ka lalo o nā kiʻi, a ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o ko lākou luku. I loko o ke ao, lawe wale ʻo Colorado i kahi 500,000 tons o ka pōhaku i loko o ke kai. ʻO ke one a me nā pōhaku i lawe ʻia e ka muliwai e hoʻonui i ka hopena erosive, a me Colorado, e like me ka pepa de miki, i kēlā me kēia makahiki ka hemo ʻana o ka "shavings" i kahi hapahā o ka square.
ʻO kēia pākihi kahi hoʻohālike loa o ke kaʻina hiʻona. ʻO kona mau paia he ʻāpana puni ʻole o ka honua, kahi i helu ʻia ai nā mea ʻepekema ma mua o ka 40 mau papa o ka ʻōpū sedimentary, hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i ke kaʻina o ka Honua mai Archean a hiki i ka pau ʻana o ka Carboniferous manawa. ʻO ka manawa Paleozoic i ʻike maoli ʻia ma ka ʻāpana, akā ua holoi ʻia a ʻoka ʻole paha nā pōhaku Mesozoic a i ʻole Cenozoic.
- 1,6km - Ke kiʻekiʻe o nā paia o nā pā o ka Grand Canyon
- 2683 km. - Ke kiʻekiʻe o ka Grand Canyon ma ka māhele o ka papahana ʻike "Imperial Point"
- ʻO ka kahe wikiwiki o ka muliwai o Colorado ma ka ʻāpana haʻahaʻa e lawe ana i nā wai lepo ma o ka Grand Canyon.
- ʻO ka Grand Canyon Sky Trail ka mea kaulana loa o ka Canyon Trails.
- I ka paka ua hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i ka holo lio i ka ʻano kūloko o ke Komohana.
- Nā Mea ʻIa Kūlana Kūlohelohe o nā ʻānela i loko o ke aniani melemele ma ka ʻāpana ʻākau o ka pā hale ʻōiwi.
- Noho ka Arizona squirrel ma nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o Arizona a me New Mexico a me Mexico ʻĀina.
- ʻO ka pyranga ʻulaʻula, a i ʻole ke kalona ʻili kai (Piranga ludoviciana), koho i nā ulu coniferous a ma kahi ʻāpana hui like ʻole.
- Kaleponi condor - kahi ulu lāʻau maʻamau, ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i oi aku ma mua o 500 o kona mau kanaka
Flora Nui
Ua lilo ka home ma Grand Canyon National Park
- 167 mau ʻano lāʻau o hāpū
- 195 mau ʻano o ka ʻihi
- 1737 nā mea kanu kūpono
- 64 nā ʻano o ka mosses
Aia kēia ʻano biodiversity ma kahi kiʻekiʻe he 2,500 mika kiʻekiʻe mai ka palena kiʻekiʻe loa ma Roma ʻĀina a i lalo o ka puʻu.
No ka mea ʻokoʻa nā loea kūloko o ka ʻaoʻao hema a me nā ʻaoʻao o ka pālua a me kona mau paia, a he ʻano microclimate wale nō, ua hoʻohanohano ka Grand Canyon i ka nui o nā mea kanu endema i ʻike ʻia i loko o kona mau palena wale nō, a he 10% wale nō o ka flora i kahi hanohano. ʻO 63 mau ʻano lāʻau e loaʻa iā i kahi kūlana palekana mai ka US US of Game a me ke Keʻena ʻOihana.
Hiki i nā ʻikena ʻāina i nā wahi kūloko o kēia wahi i pale ʻia, a ʻo ia nō ke kūpaʻa nui loa ma ka ʻākau o ke kuahiwi o ka muliwai ʻo Colorado. Maanei ʻoe ʻike i nā pali kahakaha i uhi ʻia me nā lau lāʻau liʻiliʻi (Abies sp.), Spruce (Piceapungens), pine pine (Pinus ponderosa) a meakaka (Quercus sp.).
ʻO ka ʻūhū wela o ka Wai nahele ʻo Sonora e pili ana i ka ʻaoʻao hikina o ka hulahula, a me ka ʻāina ʻo Mojave - ʻo ia ka ʻaoʻao komohana, no laila, i ka ʻāina nui o ka pāpū he nui wale no ka nahelehele o ka wao nahele, semi-wao a me nā mea kanu steppe.
I ka hopena o XIX makahiki. ua uhi wale ʻia ka uka o Kaibab i nā pale umauma anuʻu, akā ma hope o ka hoʻoulu ʻia ʻana o nā holoholona ma kahi e loaʻa ai nā poʻo he 100,000, ua nalowale ka mea kanu uahi a ua pāloʻe ka lāʻau ma nā wahi a pau.
Ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka Grand Canyon he ʻāina maʻamau o ka pili o Mexico me nā cacti (Cactaceae), Yucca (Yucca spp.) willow (Salix spp.).
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ʻAʻole like ka liʻiliʻi o ka flora o ka Grand Canyon i USA. Aia ka hale ma ka home he 90 mauʻano o ka momi, 300 mau manu o ka manu, kahi he 50 he mau pūnana, a ke waiho nei ke koena ma kahi o ka muliwai e hoʻomaha i ka wā o ka lele, 9 mau ʻano o nā amphibians, 49 mau ʻano o nā reptile a me 25 mau ʻano o nā iʻa.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā holoholona makemake i nā biotope kahakai. Maanei ʻoe e ʻike ai i nā ʻano ʻulaʻewa o nā amphibians, e like me ka cog tree cog (Hyla arenicolor), kahiʻaka ʻulaʻula ulaula (Bufopunctatus), kahiʻa Woodhouse, a i ʻole wāwae spade-footed (Bufo woodhousii). 33 nā ʻano o nā ʻalāʻau a me nā mea he 11 iʻa o nā mollusks i loaʻa i loko o ka wai, aia kekahi mau mea he 26 i noho i nā nahele ākea kokoke i ka wai.
Nui kekahi mau rodents i ka paka, akā i ka manawa like, nā muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) a me nā ʻĀneke Kanada (Castor canadensis) mai nā wai kokoke i loko o ka wai ma kahi o aneane e nalo. Makemake nā Bats (Microchiroptera) i nā pali a me nā ana o ka Grand Canyon, akā loaʻa ka meaʻai ma luna o nā mea kanu maikaʻi o nā kaila kahakai.
ʻO nā mea i pali i ka kahawai o ka paka he coyote (Canis latrans), kahi ʻopa i kālai ʻia (Spilogale putorius) a me nā raccoon-striper (Procyon lotor). I kekahi manawa ʻo ka puma (Puma concolor), Kanada lynx (Lynx canadensis) a me ka pua hina (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) hāʻule i kēia mau wahi.
Ma nā kāwili o ke aniani hiki ʻoe ke hālāwai me kahi beefhorn (Ovis canadensis) a me kahi condor o Kaleponi (Gymnogyps cal Californiaianus), 18 mauʻano o nā ʻōpū a me nā alapiʻi (Apus) - ka meaʻai nui o ka falcon peregrine (Falco peregrinus).
Ma nā wao nahele ulu coniferous e hūnā ana i ka uluna ʻulaʻula (Piranga ludoviciana), kahi ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele (Odocoileus hemionus) makemake no kēia mau wahi.
ʻO nā kamaʻilio kaulana loa o ke kīhāpai he ʻelua ʻano o nā apana: Abert (Sciurus aberti), kahi e noho ai ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ke kīlea, a me Arizona (Sciurus arizonensis), e noho nei ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka wahi i mālama ʻia.
ʻO ka Grand Canyon kahi kahua nani a hoihoi nui a puni i ke ʻano he mau lā o ka holo ʻana.