Uma sicabanga ngokuhamba e-Arizona, ubukhulu be-Grand Canyon buya engqondweni, kodwa i-Arizona inamanye ama-canyons amakhulu ongawavakashela futhi ezinye ziyimfihlo efihlekile. Bheka I-Arizona's Other Canyonons Ekhangayo.
Antelope Canyon
I-Antelope Canyon, engaphandle kwekhasi ngesikhathi esisodwa sezindawo eziphefumulayo nezokuthula emhlabeni wonke. Ngomdwebo oqoshiwe ovela eNavajo sandstone phakathi neminyaka eyizinkulungwane ezingenakubalwa, ama-slot canyons angamavesi amakhulu futhi amancane, isikhala esanele sokuthi iqembu elincane lihambe phansi elhlabathini futhi libe ne-shaft yelanga ekhanya ukukhanya evela phezulu.
Ziyi-canyons ezimbili ezihlukene: i-Antelope ephezulu nephansi. Ngamunye uqukethe "ama-slots" afihlekile aqoshwe esitokisini esiphendukayo, futhi zombili zihamba zisuka eningizimu zifike eLwandle iPowell (kanye noMfula iColorado). Nakuba unyaka owomile, i-Antelope Canyon igijima, futhi ngezinye izikhathi izikhukhula, amanzi ngemva kwemvula. Ngamanzi, kancane kancane egqoke okusanhlamvu okusanhlamvu ngamabele, okwakhiwe ama-curve amahle futhi anomusa edwaleni. Umoya uye waba neqhaza ekwakheni lesi canyon esimnandi.
Ukuze ufinyelele e-Antelope Canyon ephezulu nephansi, kufanele ube nomhlahlandlela ogunyaziwe.
I-Canyon X
Njengoba i-slot canyon ehamba phambili kunazo zonke emhlabeni, i-Antelope Canyon ijwayele ukuzuza ngokweqile. Ngenhlanhla, kukhona okunye okunye: I-Canyon X, i-canyon ejulile kakhulu futhi ejulile futhi ehambele kakhulu kune-Antelope, ingamayela ambalwa nje.
Ngoba ukuhambela ku-Canyon X kunomkhawulo kubantu abane ngesikhathi (abayisithupha uma bekhona eqenjini elifanayo), abathwebuli bezithombe nabagibeli bangakwazi ukujabulela ubuhle obuhle be-top-notch slot canyon esiseduzane.
I-Canyon X ihlala ngaphakathi kwe-Reservation Navajo futhi ifinyeleleka kuphela nge-Overland Canyon Tours ekhasini. Le nkampani inikeza ukuvakasha kwabathwebuli behora-ayisithupha, ukuhamba okufutshane kwama-hikers nezinkambo ezenziwe ngezifiso - konke okutholakala kuphela ngokubhuka okuphambili. Ukuze uthole olunye ulwazi, vakashela iwebhusayithi ye-Overland Canyon Tours.
I-Oak Creek Canyon
Ngaseningizimu ye-Flagstaff, uRt State. I-89A ihlela uchungechunge olumangalisayo lwe-switchbacks ibe ngumzala omncane, omncane we -Grand Canyon . Eyaziwa ngamadwala agqamile kanye namafomu ahlukile, i-Oak Creek Canyon idume emhlabeni wonke ozungeza indawo yayo emangalisayo. Eqinisweni, indawo yase-Oak Creek Canyon-Sedona ingenye yezindawo ezivakashelwa kakhulu e-Arizona, okwesibili kuphela kuGrand Canyon.
Etholakala ngaphakathi kweCoconino National Forest, izingxenye ze-Oak Creek Canyon ziye zaqokwa njengezindawo zasehlane ezinjenge-Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness. Isevisi Yezinhlanzi zase-United States isebenza ezindaweni eziningi zokuhlala, izindawo zokupakisha, nezindawo zokuzilibazisa ngaphakathi kwe-canyon. Slide i-Rock State Park, ikhaya le-slide yamanzi yemvelo kanye nezimbobo zokubhukuda, itholakala ngaphakathi kwe-Oak Creek Canyon. Ukushona kwelanga, ukudoba kanye nokuhamba ngezinyawo kungenye ezinye izikhathi ezidumile.
I-Walnut Canyon National Monument
Ezweni elinamahlathi angeningizimu-ntshonalanga ye-Flagstaff, umfudlana omncane wonyaka we-Walnut Creek uye wafaka indawo engamamitha angama-600 ejulile wangena emkhathini weKaibab lapho ugeleza khona empumalanga, ekugcineni ufaka eMfuleni iColorado e-Grand Canyon. Amatshe adalwe emasongweni ase-canyon avela ezinhlobonhlobo ezihlukahlukene, obunzima obungafani kakhulu, ezinye zazo eziye zakha ngokushesha amahlathi angajulile.
Phakathi nekhulu le-12 kuya kweleshumi le-13, le mihume yasetshenziselwa amaNdiya aseSinagua wendawo abakha izindawo eziningi zokuhlala emagcekeni emaphethelweni aphephile kahle, aphezulu ngaphezu kwe-canyon floor. IWaln Canyon yashunyayelwa isikhumbuzo sezwe ngo-1915.
Ngenkathi ukhona, hamba enye yezindlela ezimbili noma ume bese ungena ohlelweni olunikezwa izingozi zepaki. Vumela okungenani amahora angu-2 ukubona imyuziyamu namanxiwa.
Ramsey Canyon
I-Ramsey Canyon, engaphansi kweBupper San Pedro River Basin ngaseningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Arizona, iyaziwa ngobuhle bayo obuvelele kanye nokuhlukahluka kwesitshalo nesilwane. Lokhu kuhlukahluka-kufaka phakathi izinto ezivelele ezifana nokuvela kwezinhlobo ezingu-14 ze-hummingbirds-kungumphumela wokuzibandakanya okuyingqayizivele kwezinto ze-geology, i-biogeography, i -pography, nesimo sezulu.
Iningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Arizona kuyindlela engokwemvelo, lapho i-Sierra Madre yaseMexico, iMedicy Mountains, ne-Sonoran ne-Chihuahuan ichitha yonke indawo.
Ukuphakama okusheshayo kwezintaba ezifana neHuachucas eziqhingini ezomile ezizungezile kwenza "iziqhingi zasebhakabhakeni" ezibheke eziphilayo ezingavamile nemiphakathi yezitshalo nezilwane. Lokhu kuhlanganiswa kwezinto kuhlinzeka ngo-Ramsey Canyon Preserve ezihlukahlukene ezihlukahlukene zokuphila kwezitshalo nezilwane, kuhlanganise nezinto ezinjalo eziseningizimu-ntshonalanga njenge-lemon lily, i-ridge-nosed rattlesnake, i-rattlesnake encane, i-trogon ne-berylline ne-hummingbirds emhlophe.
I-Folklore Preserve
E-Ramsey Canyon i-Arizona Folklore Preserve. Eyasungulwa yi-Official State Balladeer Dolan Ellis futhi ngokubambisana neYunivesithi yase-Arizona South, i-Arizona Folklore Preserve yindawo lapho izingoma ze-Arizona , izinganekwane, izinkondlo, nezinkondlo ziqoqwa, zinikezwa izethameli zanamuhla, futhi zigcinwe ukuze kuthuthukiswe ikusasa izizukulwane.
I-Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Ebonisa enye yezindawo ezihlala isikhathi eside kunazo zonke eNyakatho Melika, izinsiza zamasiko zeCanyon de Chelly zihlanganisa ukwakheka okuhlukile, izinto ezibonakalayo nezithombe zamadwala ngenkathi kubonisa ubuqotho obumangalisayo bokulondoloza okunikeza amathuba avelele okutadisha nokucabangela. I-Canyon de Chelly iphinde isekele umphakathi ophilayo wabantu baseNavajo, abaxhunywe emazweni omhlaba obaluleke kakhulu ngokomlando nangokomoya. I-Canyon de Chelly iyingqayizivele phakathi kweyunithi yesevisi kazwelonke kaPaki, njengoba iqukethe ngokuphelele iNajojo Tribal Trust Land ehlala ekhaya emphakathini we-canyon.
Ukugibela amahhashi, ukuhamba ngezinyawo, i-jeep tours kanye nezinkambo ezine zokuhamba ngamagundane konke kutholakala eCanyon de Chelly kanye nemisebenzi eyenziwe nge-ranger.
Aravaipa Canyon
Njengesibonelo esihle sezwe laseSouthwest's desert, i-Aravaipa Canyon encane futhi ephikisayo inambalwa uma ikhona. Kutholakala ngamakhilomitha angama-50 enyakatho-mpumalanga yeTucson, Kuyinto emangalisayo yezinto ezimangalisayo ezibukeka kahle, ezigcwele ingcebo yezinto eziphilayo eziye zaheha abantu ngokwanele ukuba bangenele inkinga kusukela eminyakeni yama-1960. I-Aravaipa Creek, eboshiwe yi-cottonwoods, inqamule umgodi kuze kube yizinkulungwane eziyi-1,1 eNtaba YaseGalile, futhi izindonga ze-canyon ziqoshwe ngokumangalisayo futhi zidwetshwe ngemibala engcolile. Umfula ugijima unyaka wonke kusukela emithonjeni, emanzini, nasemifudlana yamanzi, futhi eduze kwamanzi ikhula enye yezindawo zokuhlala zasemaphandleni eningizimu ye-Arizona. Ubude obukhulu be-canyon cishe ngamamitha angu-11, kanti i-Wilderness isondela ngaphesheya kwayo ukuze ihlanganise iziqhingi ezizungezile kanye nezinhlanga ezingu-9 ezihlangene. Izinhlobo eziyisikhombisa ze-trout ezidabukile zasendaweni zingatholakala lapha, kanye nezimvu ezinkulu ze-bighorn, ezihlukahlukene ezinhlobonhlobo zezilwane ezinkulu nezincane nezilwane ezinwabuzelayo, futhi okungenani izinhlobo ezingu-238 zezinyoni.
A "kumele uyenze" e-Aravaipa Canyon yi-Bed & Breakfast, e-Across the Creek e-Aravaipa. Ngenxa yokuthi indawo yokungcebeleka ingamakhilomitha angu-3 phezulu komgwaqo wamagravel bese uwela emfuleni (izimoto eziphezulu eziphakanyisiwe), kuyindlela ende yokudlela. Ngenxa yalokho, umninindlu wasekhaya uCarol Steele unikeza konke ukudla. Izivakashi zizijabulisa zihamba nge-Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness, zibuka izinyoni futhi zipholisa emfuleni. Ama-casitas ahlotshiswe nge-eclectically nge-mix of art folk kanye nempahla ye-rustic yama-Mexican futhi aneziteyili, ama-showerers aqoshiwe ngamatshe, nama-verandas shady.
> Imithombo:
> www.americansouthwest.net/arizona/walnut_canyon/national_monument.html
> www.nps.gov/waca/index.htm
> www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/arizona/index.htm?redirect=https-301
> www.arizonafolklore.com/
> www.nps.gov/cach/index.htm
> aravaipafarms.com/