Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Grand Canyon National Park' has mentioned 'Canyon' in the following places:
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| For the canyon itself, see Grand Canyon. | WIKI |
| Grand Canyon National ParkIUCN category II (national park)[1]Grand Canyon from the South Rim at dawnLocation in ArizonaShow map of ArizonaLocation in the United StatesShow map of the United StatesLocationCoconino and Mohave counties, Arizona, United StatesNearestxc2xa0cityFredonia, Arizona (North Rim)Tusayan, Arizona (South Rim)Coordinates36xc2xb003xe2x80xb219xe2x80xb3N 112xc2xb007xe2x80xb219xe2x80xb3Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf36.0552608xc2xb0N 112.1218355xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / 36.0552608; -112.1218355Coordinates: 36xc2xb003xe2x80xb219xe2x80xb3N 112xc2xb007xe2x80xb219xe2x80xb3Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf36.0552608xc2xb0N 112.1218355xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / 36.0552608; -112.1218355[2]Area1,217,262 acres (4,926.08xc2xa0km2)[3]EstablishedFebruaryxc2xa026,xc2xa01919xc2xa0(1919-02-26)Visitors2,897,098 (inxc2xa02020)[4]Governingxc2xa0bodyNational Park ServiceWebsiteGrand Canyon National Park UNESCO World Heritage SiteCriteriaNatural: vii, viii, ix, xReference75Inscription1979 (3rd session) | WIKI |
| Grand Canyon National Park, located in northwestern Arizona, is the 15th site in the United States to have been named as a national park. | WIKI |
| The first bill to establish Grand Canyon National Park was introduced in 1882 by then-Senator Benjamin Harrison, which would have established Grand Canyon as the third national park in the United States, after Yellowstone and Mackinac. | WIKI |
| Theodore Roosevelt created the Grand Canyon Game Preserve by proclamation on 28 November 1906,[9] and the Grand Canyon National Monument on January 11, 1908. | WIKI |
| [10] Further Senate bills to establish the site as a national park were introduced and defeated in 1910 and 1911, before the Grand Canyon National Park Act was finally signed by President Woodrow Wilson on February 26, 1919. | WIKI |
| (Later, the Glen Canyon Dam would be built upriver.) | WIKI |
| A second Grand Canyon National Monument to the west was proclaimed in 1932. | WIKI |
| [12] In 1975, that monument and Marble Canyon National Monument, which was established in 1969 and followed the Colorado River northeast from the Grand Canyon to Lees Ferry, were made part of Grand Canyon National Park. | WIKI |
| The 1987 the National Parks Overflights Act[13] found that "Noise associated with aircraft overflights at the Grand Canyon National Park is causing a significant adverse effect on the natural quiet and experience of the park and current aircraft operations at the Grand Canyon National Park have raised serious concerns regarding public safety, including concerns regarding the safety of park users." | WIKI |
| In 2010, Grand Canyon National Park was honored with its own coin under the America the Beautiful Quarters program. | WIKI |
| [14] On February 26th 2019, the Grand Canyon National Park commemorated 100 years since its designation as a national park. | WIKI |
| The canyon itself was created by the incision of the Colorado River and its tributaries after the Colorado Plateau was uplifted, causing the Colorado River system to develop along its present path. | WIKI |
| The primary public areas of the park are the South and North Rims, and adjacent areas of the canyon itself. | WIKI |
| Hotels and other lodging include El Tovar, Bright Angel Lodge, Kachina Lodge, Thunderbird Lodge, and Maswik Lodge, all of which are located in the village area, and Phantom Ranch, located on the canyon floor. | WIKI |
| According to the Kxc3xb6ppen climate classification system, Grand Canyon National Park has five climate zones; Cold Semi-Arid (BSk), Humid Continental Dry Cool Summer (Dsb), Humid Continental Dry Warm Summer (Dsa), Warm Summer Mediterranean (Csb), and Hot Summer Mediterranean (Csa). | WIKI |
| Mule rides are also available to a variety of places, including several thousand feet down into the canyon. | WIKI |
| Private canyon flyovers are provided by helicopters and small airplanes out of Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Grand Canyon National Park Airport. | WIKI |
| Due to a crash in the 1990s, scenic flights are no longer allowed to fly within 1,500 feet (460xc2xa0m) of the rim within the Grand Canyon National Park. | WIKI |
| [26] Flights within the canyon are still available outside of park boundaries. | WIKI |
| It raises private funds to benefit Grand Canyon National Park by operating retail shops and visitor centers within the park, and providing educational opportunities about the natural and cultural history of the region. | WIKI |
| The buttes, spires, mesas and temples in the canyon are in fact mountains looked down upon from the rims. | UNESCO |
| Horizontal strata exposed in the canyon retrace geological history over 2 billion years and represent the four major geologic eras. | UNESCO |
| The Precambrian and Paleozoic portions of this record are particularly well exposed in canyon walls and include a rich fossil assemblage. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (ix): Grand Canyon is an exceptional example of biological environments at different elevations that evolved as the river cut deeper portraying five of North Americaxe2x80x99s seven life zones within canyon walls. | UNESCO |
| Flora and fauna species overlap in many of the zones and are found throughout the canyon. | UNESCO |
| The five life zones within the canyon are represented in a remarkably small geographic area. | UNESCO |
| Grand Canyon National Park is an ecological refuge, with relatively undisturbed remnants of dwindling ecosystems (such as boreal forest and desert riparian communities), and numerous endemic, rare or endangered plant and animal species. | UNESCO |
| The hydrological and ecological health of the Colorado River and its associated riparian zones have been altered and deteriorated since the building of the Glen Canyon Dam upriver from the property, completed in 1963. | UNESCO |
| Work is on-going to modify flows from Glen Canyon Dam to promote additional restoration of near shore habitats and resource conditions. | UNESCO |
| Examples include working directly with water managers in state and federal government agencies on flows from Glen Canyon Dam designed to protect and mitigate adverse impacts and improve the values within the property. | UNESCO |
| The Southern Colorado Plateau I&M Network, of which Grand Canyon National Park is a part, has developed several xe2x80x9cvital signsxe2x80x9d to track a subset of physical, chemical and biological elements and processes selected to represent the overall health or condition of park resources. | UNESCO |
| In Grand Canyon National Park, these vital signs includexc2xa0water quality,xc2xa0bird communities,xc2xa0springs,xc2xa0aquatic macroinvertebratesxc2xa0and upland vegetation and soils. | UNESCO |