The prominent feature of the Zion National Park is Zion Canyon, which is 24km long and up to 800m deep, cut through the reddish and tan-colored Navajo Sandstone by the North Fork of the Virgin River. Located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert regions, the park's unique geography and variety of life zones allow for unusual plant and animal diversity. The river was the largest force in cutting the canyon, mostly by flash floods, as the average flow of the river is very light.
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