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In the western part of the United States, there is a desolate, grassless, and spectacular place that is more than unforgettable, and it is the gathering place of sandstone arches: Arches National Park. It is a national park in the United States that preserves more than 2,000 natural rock arches, including world-renowned exquisite arches.
Arches National Park in Utah, USA, was founded in 1971 because the area has more than 2,000 sandstone arches spanning more than 0.9 meters, setting a record for "the most natural rock arches in a region."
The largest representative of the span and the largest span of North America is the 88.3-meter landscape arch, which ranks fifth in the world (Guinness World Records). There are only camping areas in the park, tourists who want to stay in hotels, and there are many hostels and restaurants in Moyan Town, an adventure base 5 miles south. Please be careful when taking the trails, some sections of the road are directly on the stones, easy to slip and get lost...
The highest point in Arches National Park, Elephant Peak, is 1753 meters above sea level, and the lowest point is the Visitor Center, at an altitude of 1245 meters.
The art of natural carving is vividly reflected here.
The arch is a large geological museum, all the rocks have clear and beautiful textures, traces of time, the power of nature reveals a very real. About 300 million years ago, it was once an ocean, and millions of years after the sea disappeared, the salt layer was covered with air and dregs in the water, and squeezed into rocks with other debris.
Later, through the uplift of the earth's crust and natural weathering, it became the arch of today. The formation of the arch is an ever-changing process, so the arch is also constantly being eroded by the wind, and it is still necessary to see the world as soon as possible, just like the blue window arch in Malta has collapsed, and we have not had time to see it.
Because Arches National Park is located above the salt layer, coupled with varying degrees of erosion, many different arches are formed. The park is home to not only arches, but also a large number of large and small minarets, pedestals and balance stones, and all the stones have a very strong color contrasting texture.
In 1929, a national monument was established, but it was not until 1971 that the national park was born. It is home to one of the world's largest concentrations of natural sandstone arches, with more than 2,000 catalogued, the smallest of which is only 3 feet wide and the largest of which is 306 feet long. All the stones have a very strong color contrasting texture.
The 48-mile landscape road in the park connects all the magnificent scenery and the main arches, but almost all of them are far away, and if you want to see it up close, you have to take a short road. If you don't have enough time, you can go see a few representative ones.
Balanced Rock is right next to the road, and it is clear not to walk past, the Delicate Arch should be the most famous, the pattern on the Utah sign is it, and it is only a few stones with arches; but it is not easy to walk to the side, and it takes up to 4.8 kilometers to hike back and forth. The two arches of the south window and the north window are connected in a line, looking like a pair of eyes, only one can be seen from the parking lot, and it is only 1.1 kilometers back and forth.
Since 1970, 42 arches have collapsed due to erosion in Arches National Park. Arches National Park has an average annual rainfall of 10 inches (250 mm).
Arches National Park, administered by the U.S. National Park Service, originally became a National Historic Site on April 12, 1929, and a national park on November 12, 1971. The number of tourists in 2006 reached 833,000. In 2016, it was named the most valuable attraction in the United States by Travel Research.
One of the most distinctive notable attractions are the following:
Delicate Arch: Eroded by a long period of wind and rain but not collapsed, one of Utah's major landmarks. The Exquisite Arch is a natural arch located in Arches National Park in Utah, United States, and is about 52 feet (16 meters) high.
The delicate arches are made up of sandstone, which is eroded by wind and rain. Many natural arches collapsed due to excessive wind erosion, but delicate arches are known for withstanding wind erosion for a long time without collapsing.
In Utah, delicate arches can be used for license plate patterns. And the torch also passed through the arch during the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics torch relay.
Balanced Rock: A boulder the size of three school buses stands on top of the rock. Balance Stone is a famous attraction in Arches National Park, Utah, United States. The rock is 39 meters high, and the balance stone at the top of the rock is equivalent to the size of three school buses.
Double Arch: Two arches of the same size. Double Arch is a natural landscape attraction located in Arches National Park in Utah, USA, famous for having two naturally formed arches of nearly the same size. The terrain is eroded by water above, unlike most of the other side erosions in the park.
The movie "Jihad Raiders" once used this location as a scene. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 fantasy adventure film directed by Stephen Spielberg and written by George Lucas as the story writer for the sequel film to the Indiana Jones series. Harrison Ford, who plays archaeology professor and explorer Indiana Jones three times, adds Indiana Jones' father, played by Sean Connery, and narrates Indiana Jones (played by River Phoenix) as a teenager.
Landscape Arch: The longest arch in the park. The Landscape Arch is the longest natural arch in ArchEs National Park in Utah, USA. This arch and many other arches are located in a place called the Devil's Garden in the northern part of Arches National Park. It can be reached by a manned trail.
The Landscape Arch was named after Frank Beckwith, who was then the leader of the Arches National Historic Sites Scientific Expedition expedition to the area during the winters of 1933 and 1934.
The Natural Arches and Bridges Association considers the arch to be the longest natural arch in the world. The association measured its size in 2004 at 290.1 feet (about 88.4 meters), slightly longer than the Koulab Arch inside Zion National Park measured by the association in 2006.
Since 1991, three sandstone slabs (30 feet (9.1 m), 47 ft (14 m), and 70 ft (21 m)) in length have been seen falling from the thinnest part of the landscape arch, forcing the Park Authority to close the trail that originally passed under the arch. This leads to inferences that the arch is gradually declining, and while it is impossible to predict how long it will last, it is doubtful how long visitors will continue to see it.
Kolob Arch is a natural arch located in Zion National Park in Utah, United States.
The Natural Arch and Bridge Society has identified Corob Arch as the second largest natural arch in the world. In 2006, the association measured the arch span of 287.4 ±2 feet (about 87.6 m),
It's just that the Landscape Arch in Arches National Park in the U.S. is a little shorter. Different measurement methods or definition methods can result in different ranking results.
The Corob Arch can be reached from two hiking trails, both about 7 miles (11 km) long and 14 miles (22 km) round and round. This arch can also be reached from Ice Box Canyon, via a path that crosses the canyon in the Zion National Park section.
The name of The Arch of Korob is related to Mormonism, which was mostly believed by local whites when they moved in, and the word "Korob" appears in the Book of Abraham in the Mormon classic Priceless Pearl, which is believed by Mormons to be the planet closest to God's dwelling.
Devil's Garden: Famous for its scattered arches. It is often considered that early morning or dusk is the best time to see, as the sunlight can give the arches a dark orange color.
Ordinary people can experience Utah's most intriguing nature legends from south to north in one day, suitable for junior visitors with average physical strength, abandoning the Devil's Garden, an area with greater physical challenges.
Many people may not know that the National Railroad actually has a train that can reach the Western Wasteland, the California Japanese Wind is sent to Denver every day, the Green River is a stop, the Cliff is a tourist base, and it is overcrowded in the summer, which is 235 miles from Salt Lake City.
To the west there is also a Giant's Pillar National Park (Saguaro National Park), a national park near Tucson, Arizona, USA. The national park is divided into two districts, the TuCsang Mountains, which are located 24 km west of TuCsang City, and the Lingkang Mountains, which are located 32 km east of TuCsang City.
Giant Pillar Cactus National Park was designated a National Monument on March 1, 1933, and was later upgraded to a national park by the U.S. Congress on October 14, 1994. This national park protects part of the Sonora Desert.
The national park is named after the representative plant of the Sonora Desert, the giant pillar cactus. This cactus can grow to more than 20 meters in length, but the growth process is very slow, and it will take mostly 75 years to grow the first fork. The lifespan of the giant pillar cactus is about 200 years. It usually blooms en masse on the night of April or May, and bats spread pollen.
The main landscape in the national park is a variety of desert plants full of mountains and valleys, including many cacti. In addition, there are many rock carvings left by the early Indians in the national park. The Lingkang Mountains to the east are about three times the size of the West District. Cacti in this area are less densely grown, and the plant species in the area gradually change from cacti to coniferous forests as the altitude increases. Both the east and west districts can be easily reached by car from TuCsan, but there is no public transport to take tourists to the national park.
The Giant Pillar Cactus is the most striking thing about this desert and the entire national park, both aesthetically and biologically. Each giant cactus supports an entire community of animals that inhabit the ground (such as rodents), insects (such as bees and harvest ants), songbirds (such as cactus wrens, gila woodpeckers, jills, yellow-winged owls, and red-lopped warblers).
Giant's Pillar Cactus Forest, which is mostly distributed on the rocky slopes at the bottom of the desert mountains within Giant's Pillar National Park. Giant giant pillar cacti do not bloom until late May or early June. Although the park is dominated by giant pillar cacti, it is also home to many species of plants, including hedgehog cactus, prickly pear, spindle-shaped Mexican thorn wood, the ubiquitous cresol tree, and the famous prickly cactus.
The Giant Pillar Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea), the only species in the genus Giant Pillar Cactus and one of the highest cactus species in the world, was named in honor of American entrepreneur and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
The plant is tall and columnar, branched in the shape of a candlestick, with sharp edges, the thorn seat has brown wool, there are radiation thorns, the flower spines are spun-shaped, open on the thorn seat near the top of the stem, the berries are red, the flesh is edible, known as "fairy peach".
Giant pillar cacti live on the edge of the Sonora Desert in Sonora, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, and in California and Arizona, usa, and grow in heights of 180 to 1200 meters. It is particularly widespread in the Arizona highlands near Tucson. The giant pillar cactus of Saguaro National Park is the most famous. Giant pillar cactus is a perennial evergreen fleshy plant. The plant is tall and columnar, with branches in the shape of candlesticks, sharp edges, and brown woolly spines with radiating spines. The flowers are spine-shaped, pure white, and the flowers bloom on the thorn seat near the top of the stem, 8 to 12 cm long, and the open flowers are up to 12 cm in diameter. The petals are white to creamy. Open during the day, closed at night...
This species is known for its tall and tall plant, and its vertical trunk is up to 15 meters high. Weighing several tons, it can live for 200 years. The stem has a strong water storage capacity. After a heavy rain, the root system of a huge giant pillar can absorb about a ton of water. Although the giant pillar cactus is tall, its roots are very shallow, and only a few branches will occur at advanced age. The main stem is about 12 to 15 m (up to 20 m) tall and 30 to 70 cm thick. Branches are produced at a height of several meters, and they also grow in an upright direction. The stem has 12 to 24 ridges, and the distance between the brown thorn seats above is about 2 to 2.5 cm. Each spine has 12 small, radiating spines of more than 1 to 2 cm long and 3 to 6 long spines of 7 cm long. The spines are grey. The higher the thorn, the thinner and shorter it is.
The average age of giant pillar cacti can reach about 85 years, and very few even exceed 200 years. The most dangerous time for them is when they are young, during which time they grow very slowly and will be eaten by forest rats, Canadian sheep, California rabbits, etc. The 10-year-old giant pillar cactus is only about 4 cm tall (up to 10 cm tall for culture). They do not grow at their maximum rate (about 10 to 15 centimeters per year) until they reach a height of two to eight meters, after which their growth rate decreases.
Giant pillar cacti have long, reticulated roots close to the surface that are able to absorb water during rare brief rains. The water is stored in gelatinous tissues that, when fully inflated, can store up to 750 liters of liquid. The thick waxy epidermis minimizes evaporation and reduces evaporation without leaves. The famous thorns on the body can drive away animals that want to drink water, shield them from sunlight, retain cool air, and protect it from arid winds. Prefers warm sunny environment, drought tolerance, suitable for deep sandy loam soil growth, suitable for growing temperature 18-22 °C.
The giant pillar cactus is the soul plant of the Sonora Desert on the border between the United States and Mexico, with a tall figure like a tree trunk and a giant palm soaring into the sky. It takes a long time to grow into this giant palm, usually when it is 70 years old and mature. The giant pillar cactus is as long as a large pillar, six or seven stories high, and is the tallest of more than 2,000 kinds of cacti in the world, and the cactus in the Arizona license plate is it. It is 15 meters tall, weighs 10 tons, and has a survival period of more than 200 years;
When a storm comes, it can absorb a ton of water in a day, and is known as the "camel cactus". In order to adapt to the arid desert environment, its leaves have degenerated into needles to reduce water evaporation, and the deep and wide root system sucks up water when it encounters it. Its ability to endure drought is amazing because of its special ability to store water. Thick stems can store a lot of water, like a small reservoir, and local passers-by often cut it open to quench their thirst and drink it.
The giant pillar cactus was considered a living person by the Indians hundreds of years ago, and in the early morning or evening when the view is poor, it is often mistaken for a tall human form and stands in the desert. Legend has it that it was made of beads of sweat dripping from the eyebrows of the Indian sages, and Xu was infected with immortal qi, and its figure, weight, and age were all proud of the crowd.
In Mexico and the United States, there is a Giant Pillar Cactus National Park, which is suitable for visiting from October to April every year, with day and night temperatures of 30-80 degrees. The night of late spring and early summer is the flowering period of cacti, mexican bats and bees sucking on the white flower liquid on top,
Tourists who want to see the giant pillar cactus blossom can choose to visit the night at the turn of spring and summer. Juzhu Cactus National Park is divided into two districts, the Runkang Mountain Area is about twelve miles east of Tusang, providing hiking and camping areas, and the Tosang Mountain Is located fifteen miles west of Tusang, both of which are ring roads.
Jumbo Huang Notes: Arches National Park is a national park in eastern Utah, United States. The park is adjacent to the Colorado River, 4 miles (6 km) north of Moab, Utah. More than 2,000 natural sandstone arches are located in the park, including the well-known Delicate Arch, as well as a variety of unique geological resources and formations. The park contains the highest density of natural arches in the world.
The park consists of 76,679 acres (119.811 sq mi; 31,031 ha; 310.31 km2) of high desert located on the Colorado Plateau. The highest elevation in the park is 5,653 feet (1,723 m) at Elephant Butte, and the lowest elevation is 4,085 feet (1,245 m) at the visitor center. The park receives an average of less than 10 inches (250 mm) of rain annually.
Administered by the National Park Service, the area was originally named a national monument on April 12, 1929, and was redesignated as a national park on November 12, 1971. The park received more than 1.6 million visitors in 2018.