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GREAT AMERICAN ASSETS

THENIAGARA FALLS

THE GRAND CANYON

Coordinating Teacher:Mihu Mihaela

Student:

Bureana Eusebiu Raducu


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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTIONCHAPTER II: NIAGARA FALLS

II.1. Characteristics

II.2.Impact on industry and commerce

II.3. Entertainment and popular culture

CHAPTER III: GRAND CANYON

III.1. Geography

III.2. Weather

III.3. Biology and ecology

III.4.Grand Canyon tourism

CONCLUSION


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CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

The whole Americanterritory is reached withunbelievable placeswhich seem to reward

the native inhabitantswith these spectacularplaces because of theirrespect for nature

The Niagara Falls andThe Grand Canyon aretwo of most visitednatural attractions inAmerica


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CHAPTER TWO: NIAGARA FALLS

Niagara Falls straddle theinternational borderbetween the Canadianprovince of Ontario and thestate of New York

The Horseshoe Falls dropabout 53 m, the height ofthe American Falls variesbetween 2130 m becauseof the presence of giant

boulders at its base. Thelarger Horseshoe Falls areabout 790 m wide, while the

American Falls are 320 mwide


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Impact on industry and

commerce

Both falls are a good

source of electric power,these falls feeding with

electricity entire villages

Niagara Falls can be

passed by ships bymeans of the Welland

Canal


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Entertainment andpopular

culture:

The annual rate is expected to

top 28 million tourists

The oldest and best known

tourist attraction at Niagara

Falls is the Maid of the Mist

boat cruisePanoramic and aerial views of

the falls can be admired

from Flight of Angels helium

balloon ride or fromhelico ter


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CHAPTER THREE: GRAND CANYON

This is a steep-sided gorge

carved by the Colorado

River in the state of Arizona.

The Grand Canyon is

446 km long, ranges in

width from 6.4 to 29 km and

attains a depth of over a

mile 1.83 km.

Colorado River and itstributaries cut their channelsthrough layer after layer ofrock while the ColoradoPlateau was uplifted,

forming the canyon as wesee it as today.


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Temperatures vary wildlythroughout the year, withsummer highs within theInner Gorge commonly

exceeding 37.8 degreeC and winter minimumtemperatures sometimesfalling below -17.8degree C along thecanyons rims.

Of the 34 mammalspecies found along theColorado River corridor,15 are rodents and eight

are bats.


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TOURISM

5 million visitors per

year

Different opportunities

casual sightseeing

from the North Rim

whitewater wafting ski walking

helicopter tours


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CONCLUSION

America has great

natural assets, assets

which not many states

can boast with These two natural

sights attract the most

visitors who pay large

sums of money only tovisit these fascinating

places for several

hours

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