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Copper Canyon
Mexico's Copper
Canyon is a connected series of six individual canyons covering over 20,000 square
miles. Together, the six canyons are four times larger and much deeper than the
Grand Canyon in the United States. Urique Canyon, the largest of the six canyons,
reaches depths of more than a mile.
Unlike the Grand Canyon, which was carved by water, the Copper Canyon was formed over twenty-five million years by violent volcanic activity and geologic faulting, with only its softer central basins cut more recently by flowing rivers. The spectacular natural vistas created by these combined processes are unmatched anywhere else in the world. Reaching an altitude of 8,000 feet, the canyons house sheer rock cliffs, soaring peaks, shimmering waterfalls and lush basins that are home to hundreds of species of wildlife as well as the indigenous Tarahumara people. Isolated and pristene, the Copper Canyon is one of the last untouched grand works of Nature remaining on the Earth.
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