HERITAGE RECORD · 075

Grand Canyon National Park

大峡谷国家公园

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

Carved out by the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon (nearly 1,500 m deep) is the most spectacular gorge in the world. Located in the state of Arizona, it cuts across the Grand Canyon National Park. Its horizontal strata retrace the geological history of the past 2 billion years. There are also prehistoric traces of human adaptation to a particularly harsh environment.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ220289 ↗

Inception1919

Area493270 ha

Administrative areaQ58684 · Q58696

Named afterQ118841

WikipediaGrand Canyon National Park ↗

Chinese Wikipedia大峽谷國家公園 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(vii)Superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance.

(viii)An outstanding record of Earth’s history, geological processes or significant landforms.

(ix)Outstanding ecological and biological processes in the evolution of terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems.

(x)The most important natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity.

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