Ma Arizona, 'Amelikaʻo ia kekahi o nā hanana kupaianaha maoli ma ka honua - ka Grand Canyon. He māka nui kēia ma ka honua, iʻeliʻia e ka muliwaiʻo Colorado no nā miliona miliona. Ua hoʻokumuʻia ke kuamo ma muli o keʻano nui o ka lepo lepo, aʻo kāna kumuʻoi loa loa. Hōʻea ka hohonu i 1800 m, aʻo ka laulā ma kekahi mau wahi i hiki i 30 km: no ka mea, uaʻikeʻiaʻo Grand Canyon i ke canyon nui loa maʻAmelika a ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Ma luna o nā paia o ke kahawai e hiki iāʻoe ke aʻo i ka hoʻoilina a me ke kālaihonua, no ka mea ua haʻalele lākou i nāʻano o nā wāʻehā o ka honua, iʻikeʻia e ko mākou ao.
ʻO nā wai o ka muliwai kahe e kahe ana i lalo o ke kahawai, heʻanoʻulaʻula keʻohuʻo ma muli o ke one, ka lepo a me nā pōhaku e holoi ana. ʻO ka'ōpū i piha i nā pūpū o nā pali. He meaʻokoʻa kā lākou'ōlelo: nā hoʻokele, ka'ōpala, a me nā meaʻano'ē aʻe o ke kino maoli, ua alakaʻiʻia i keʻano o kekahi mau pali kahakai e like me nā hale kiaʻi, a me nā mea'ē aʻe - ma nā pā kauaʻo Kannani,ʻo kekahi - ma nā pā kaua, a pēlā aku. Aʻo kēia mau hana a pau loa, me ka hapaʻole o ka lima o ke kanaka!
ʻO ka'ōnaha kupaianaha o ka Grand Canyon: he mauʻano likeʻole ia me nāʻano likeʻole. ʻO kēia ka mea i kapaʻiaʻo ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe, i ka nui o ka mahana o ka lewa,ʻo kona hoʻokipa a me ka uhi lepo ma nāʻano kiʻekiʻe. Heʻano likeʻole nā luna o ka puaʻa. Ināʻo ka lalo o ka muliwai he'āina wao nahele maʻamau o ke komohana hema oʻAmelika Hema ( nāʻano cacti , yucca, agave), a laila ma ka papa pine pinepine a me nā lāʻau juniper, ka pua a me ke kau, e ulu mau ana i ka mālie.
Nā moʻolelo a me nā hiʻona o ka Grand Canyon
Uaʻikeʻia kēia wahi i nā IndiansʻAmelika i nā makahiki he nui i hala aku nei. Hōʻikeʻia kēia i nā kiʻi pena kahiko.
Ua wehe lākou i kaʻaʻahu no nā Europa mai Sepania: i ka makahiki 1540, he mau pūʻali koa Spania, e hele ana eʻimi i ke gula, ho'āʻo e iho i lalo o ke kahawai, akā,ʻaʻole e loaʻa. A i ka makahiki 1776, aiaʻelua mau kāhuna eʻimi nei i ke ala i Kaleponi. ʻO kaʻaoʻao huli mua ma Colorado Plateau, kahi e noho aiʻo Grand Canyon,ʻo ia ka huakaʻiʻepekema o John Powell i ka makahiki 1869.
I kēia lā,ʻo ka Grand Canyon kekahi māhele o ka papa'āina o ka inoa hoʻokahi, aia ma ka moku'āinaʻo'Akezona. Ma waena o nā wahi i loaʻa ai no ka nani a me ka nani o Bukans-Stone, Fern Glen Canyon, Shiva Temple, a me kekahi poʻe'ē aʻe. Aia ka hapanui o lākou ma kaʻaoʻao hema o ke kahawai, kahiʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka'ākau. ʻO kahi o nā mea i hanaʻia e ke kanaka, hoʻokahi wale nō - he hōʻailona hoʻomanaʻo me ka inoa ma nāʻohanaʻo India, e kapa ana i kēia wahi i ko lākou home (Zuni, Navajo a Apache).
Pehea e hele ai i ka Grand Canyon i ka USA?
ʻO ka maʻalahi ka hikiʻana i ke kahawai mai Las Vegas , a hiki ke hanaʻia ma nāʻano he nui: ma ka hoʻolimalimaʻana i kahi kaʻa a kauoha paha i ka huakaʻi holo kaʻa, plane a iʻole he helikopter. ʻO ke komoʻana i ka Grand Canyon ke kūʻai i kahi 20 US kālā, hoʻohanaʻia i nā lā he 7, i ia manawa
Hele nā mea aloha nui i ka Canyon nui e hōʻea i ke kahawaiʻo Colorado ma luna o nā'auwaʻa. Hiki i nā hoʻokipa 'āina' ē aʻe i loko o ke kuamoʻo ma nā hoki a me ka huakaʻi helicopter ma luna o ka puʻu. Hoʻounaʻia nā poʻe kikaʻikaʻi kiaʻi'ē aʻe e nānā i ke kahawai mai kekahi o nā hiʻona'ikepuni:ʻo Skywalk ka mea i kaulana loa, aʻo ka lalo o ke aniani keokeo. I ka wā ma mua, ma nā 40-50 o ka makahiki i hala, ua makemakeʻia nā mokulele iʻikeʻia i nā mokulele ma luna o ka Grand Canyon, akā, ma hope o ka hoʻohuino weliweli oʻelua mau mokulele i ka makahiki 1956, ua pāpāʻia.