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Antelope Canyon is the one of the most popular, most visited, and most-photographed canyon in the Southwest region of American. It is situated near Page, Navajo land, Arizona. Antelope Canyon comprises of two separate, slot canyon segments, commonly known as The Crack (Upper Antelope Canyon) and The Corkscrew (Lower Antelope Canyon).
Antelope Canyon was made because of erosion of Navajo Sandstone mainly due to flash flooding and other sub-aerial procedures. Rainwater, particularly throughout monsoon season, runs into the widespread basin above the slot canyon segments, picking up pace and sand as it rushes into the contracted passageways. After a long time, the passageways are worn away, shaping the corridors even deeper and smoothing firm edges in a way as to form typical 'flowing' shapes in the rock. Flooding in the canyon is still common. Recently, the canyon faced a flood on October 30, 2006 that ended 36 hours, and the Tribal Park Authorities had to close Lower Antelope Canyon for a period of 5 months.
Upper Antelope Canyon is also known as Tse' bighanilini, which means "the place where water runs through rocks." Upper Antelope is at nearly 4,000 feet (1219 m) height and the canyon wall is 120 feet (36.57 m) over the streambed. Lower Antelope Canyon is also known as Hasdestwazi, or sometimes, "spiral rock arches." Most of the time, it remains dry except in rainy seasons. One of the reasons behind the formation of this fantastic canyon is considered to be the wind. You should have an official guide to Upper and Lower regions of Antelope Canyon. Advance reservations will help you.
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