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THE GRAND CANYON OF ARIZONA 229

njem ụbọchị - ma ọ bụ ụgbọ oloko si Williams, laghachi tiketi ihe karịrị $5. Ma ọ bụ ị nwere ike Were inyinya-ọchi-agha nke aka-gi b͕akwasi n'onwe-gi. Ma ọ bụ ị nwere ike were otu n'ime ndị na-eme okporo ụzọ a ma ama na mpaghara, dị ka John Bass, wee gbagoo Canyon n'ogige njem nke izu ma ọ bụ ọnwa. Ozugbo ị rutere rim nke Canyon ị nwere ike maa ụlọikwuu n'okpuru ụlọ ụlọikwuu gị ma nweta nri nke gị. Ma ọ bụ ị nwere ike ịga na nnukwu nkwari akụ. Ma ọ bụ ị nwere ike nweta ụlọ tent na ogige. Mbụ niile, ghọta ihe Grand Canyon bụ, na ihe ọ na-abụghị. Anyị na-emekarị chere na ọwa mmiri dị ka mgbawa dị warara ma ọ bụ trenchi n'ime okwute, ọ na-adịkarịghị karịa mmadụ ole na ole. ụkwụ gbawara agbawa na obosara, na ọ na-adịkarị obere karịa kilomita ole na ole n'ogologo. Mana Grand Canyon dị kilomita 217 n'ogologo, site na iri na atọ ruo iri abụọ n'obosara, na nkwụsịtụ ogologo otu mile miri emi, ma ọ bụ kilomita asaa ka okporo ụzọ zig-zags gbadara. Ị chee echiche banyere ọwa mmiri dị ka nnukwu oghere okwute dị n'etiti ugwu. Grand Canyon bụ a nnukwu trenchi nwere ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri n'akụkụ na-aga n'akụkụ ogologo ya, ọtụtụ n'ime ha na nke ọ bụla mile, dị ka ọgịrịga n'akụkụ ọkpụkpụ azụ. Okirikiri,