Grand Canyon

Two billion years of exposed lithic strata bisected by the Colorado River

Grand Canyon & Colorado Plateau

36.0544°N, 112.1401°W

ELEV: 2134m (7001 ft)

NAD83 / WGS84 (EPSG:4326)

Illustrative terrain study for Grand Canyon & Colorado Plateau — Illustrative landscape study · not to scale

DERIVED SPATIAL STORY

A landscape where river incision and geological uplift outpace human urbanization, but whose hydrological lifeblood is entirely engineered by upstream Glen Canyon and downstream Hoover dams.

3DEP RELIEF

1828m

Peak: 8803 ft · Base: 2200 ft

IMPERVIOUS GROWTH

+1.2%

Surface: 0.3% Paved

NIGHT RADIANCE

0.42 nW/cm²

Bortle Class 1 / 9

PAD-US OVERLAP

98.6%

National Park Service (NPS)