Land Formation Of The Different Land Forms: Grand Canyon

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There are many land formations and I chose these three. The first one is a canyon, it’s located in Arizona and its name is Grand Canyon. The second one is a volcano it’s found in Washington State, Cascade Range and it is named Mount St. Helens. The last one is a plateau and it can be found in central Asia and it is called Tibetan Plateau. And then I’ll be comparing the different land forms.

The Grand Canyon is in Northern Arizona with an elevation of 8,000 feet. The process of the land form forming was the pacific plate slid underneath the North America plate. It took 4 million years for the canyon to be carved by the Colorado River and side streams and all of the rivulets helped. The Grand Canyon was formed by erosion and

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