Yes, the Grand Canyon as we know it today would look very much like the Grand Canyon of 17 million years ago.
Yes, the Colorado River has eroded away the softer rock and soil for several million years.
the Colorado river that runs threw the grand canyon eroded away the ground for thousands of years eventually making the Grand Canyon
Over the course of more than 17 million years, the Colorado River gradually eroded away sediment and rock to create a canyon.
The material eroded from the Grand Canyon was deposited on a plain. Over many years, water eroded the plain creating a canyon later known as the Grand Canyon. The water kept weathering down the rocks until it came down to a lower level way below the top of the Grand Canyon. That is why today we have a higher and lower part of the Grand Canyon. Overall, the Grand Canyon started out as a plain and as many years passed water weathered down the rocks.
About 17 million years ago. Actually the Grand Canyon was built 2 billion years ago!
No, canyons are eroded by water cutting through rock. It has taken at least 6 million years - maybe 70 - for the Grand Canyon to be created.
About 17 million years.
Over a million years.
There is no glacier in the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon was actually formed by the Colorado River carving through the rock over millions of years. The region does not have glaciers due to its desert climate.
The Grand Canyon is the product of the Colorado River and about 3 million years worth of erosion.
the description is that the grand canyon is the grand canyon is a very large an impetuous mountain that was formed by 6 million years of erosion that formed the grand canyon. first is was soft but year after year it hardened
5 million years ago.