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FIEST YEAR SCIENCE 



has been eroded by a strong river gaining its water from 

 a distant region is that of the Colorado Canon Plateau. 

 Here is found the grandest example of erosion on the face 



COLORADO PLATEAU. 

 The river has cut a deep canon through the plateau. 



of the earth. The rocks are of various colors, a-nd the 

 gorge is nearly a mile deep and in places some fifteen 

 miles in width. Words are inadequate to express the 



