What caused the grand canyon to exist?

Answer 1

the Colorado river cut it out 10000 years ago

Answer 2

The Grand Canyon...How was it formed?
The truth is that no one knows for sure though there are some pretty good guesses. The chances are that a number of processes combined to create the views that you see in todays Grand Canyon. The most powerful force to have an impact on the Grand Canyon is erosion, primarily by water (and ice) and second by wind. Other forces that contributed to the Canyon's formation are the course of the Colorado River itself, vulcanism, continental drift and slight variations in the earths orbit which in turn causes variations in seasons and climate.

When did all this happen?

The Earth was formed approximately 5 billion years ago.

The roots of the ancient mountain range that now lies at the bottom of the Grand Canyon were formed about 1.7 billion years ago.

There is then an unconformity of about 450 million year in which the rocks are missing.

At 1.25 billion years ago the first sedimentary layer, the Bass Formation, was laid down. Ancient coastal dwelling colonies of algae known as Stromatolites are preserved within this layer and indicate that the area was coastal at that time.

The site below tells about all kinds of facts on the Grand Canyon - if you are truly interested...then check it out!

Have a good day!
http://www.kaibab.org/geology/gc_geol.htm#why

Answer 3

Massive amounts of water smashing through the rock during the Flood (mentioned in the Bible, where Noah survived).

The popular view up til now has been that the Colorado river cut it over "millions of years". .

. . . but it's obvious from seeing how, at Mt St Helens in Washington, a huge canyon was blasted out by a volcano in just a few minutes, that it didn't take "millions of years" to form a canyon with a river flowing through it. And the features of the canyon formed by Mt St Helens are indistinguishable from those in the Grand Canyon, they just aren't as big . .

Instead of the view that the river cut the rock, I believe the canyon was formed first and attracted the river.

It makes far more sense, and fits more with eyewitness testimony (from God) of how our earth got here and how we got here. It also, in that vein, fits better with science.

go here for more info:

http://www.answersingenesis.org

(and do a search on their site for "grand canyon", or "Noah"

Answer 4

The Colorado river has run for millions of years and it washed away the limestone and is how the Grand canyon is what it is today. I live right by it and it is awsome to see.

Answer 5

The Colorado River

Answer 6

Paul Bunyan

Lumberjack legends
A lumberjack of huge size and strength, Paul Bunyan has become a folkloric character in the American psyche. It is said that he and his blue ox, Babe, were so large their footsteps created Minnesota's ten thousand lakes (including Lake Bemidji, which resembles Paul's giant footprint). Babe measured 42 axe handles and a plug of chewing tobacco between his horns. He was found during the winter of the blue snow; his mate was Bessie, the Yaller Cow.

Like many myths, this explains a physical phenomenon. Bunyan's birth was strange, as are the births of many mythic heroes, as it took seventeen storks to carry the infant (ordinarily, one stork could carry several babies and drop them off at their parents' home). Paul and Babe dug the Grand Canyon by dragging his axe behind him, and created Mount Hood by piling rocks on top of their campfire to put it out.

He is a classic American "big man" who was popular in 19th century America as an exemplar of a minority group, much as in French-Canadian lore. Further, the Bunyan myths sprang from lumber camp tales, bawdy to put it mildly. In one such tale, extreme cold forced bears to look for food; one wandered into a lumber camp. It chased the lumberjacks up a tree on which they had a ladder. To keep the bear from climbing after them (despite the fact bears do not need ladders to climb trees), they kicked down the ladder. This saved them from the bear, but trapped them in the tree. To escape, the lumberjacks urinated in unison and created a frozen pole, which they slid down. Such tall tales, though later toned down, were attributed to a single character, Bunyan, and became the stories we know today.

Answer 7

Verizon Wireless!

Answer 8

The Colorado River and time.

Answer 9

Gravity. Water. Friction. Repeat.

Gravity. Water. Friction. Repeat.

Gravity. Water. Friction. Repeat.

Gravity. Water. Friction. Repeat.

Where did "Didi" get the impression that no one knows?

Answer 10

Hundreds of years of erosion from water.