In 1996, scientists caused an experimental flood of the Colorado River by releasing water from Glen Canyon Dam above the Grand Canyon.

1996年，科学家从大峡谷上方的格伦峡谷大坝放水，造成科罗拉多河实验性洪水。

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The Colorado River flows through the Grand Canyon. The Canyon offers a lot of information about the physical history of Earth.

科罗拉多河流经大峡谷，大峡谷向我们提供了许多有关地球自然历史的信息。

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Such erosion may cut a gorge or canyon. The Grand canyon of the Colorado river is the largest river canyon in the world.

如此的侵蚀可能磨损出峡，或峡谷。科罗拉多河大峡谷是世界上最大的河流峡谷。

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Arizona is the Grand Canyon State because of the famous winding canyon carved by the Colorado River.

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About twenty thousand people a year see the Grand Canyon from the Colorado River itself.

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Barry Goldwater's body will be cremated and a newspaper reports his ashes will be mixed with those of his first wife and spread in the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon.

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PHOENIX, Ariz. (AllPolitics, June 2) -- Barry Goldwater's body will be cremated after his funeral Wednesday, and a newspaper reports his ashes will be mixed with those of his first wife and spread in the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon.

CNN: Goldwater's Body To Be Cremated; Funeral Set For Wednesday

The paper reported the combined ashes would be spread over where the Colorado River and the Little Colorado River merge in the Grand Canyon.

CNN: Goldwater's Body To Be Cremated; Funeral Set For Wednesday