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___MASK23___ ___MASK26___ is located in the Southwestern United States , near ___MASK34___ , ___MASK76___ . A prominent feature of the park is ___MASK23___ Canyon , which is 15 miles ( 24 km ) long and up to half a mile ( 800 m ) deep , cut through the reddish and tan - colored Navajo Sandstone by the North Fork of the Virgin River . The lowest elevation is at Coalpits Wash and the highest elevation is at Horse Ranch Mountain . 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 . Numerous plant species as well as 289 species of birds , 75 mammals ( including 19 species of bat ), and 32 reptiles inhabit the park ' s four life zones : desert , riparian , woodland , and coniferous forest . ___MASK23___ ___MASK26___ includes mountains , canyons , buttes , mesas , monoliths , rivers , slot canyons , and natural arches . A ___MASK26___ is a park in use for conservation purposes . Often it is a reserve ___MASK63___ natural , semi - natural , or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns . Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently , there is a common idea : the conservation ___MASK63___ ' wild nature ' for posterity and as a symbol ___MASK63___ national pride . An international organization , the International Union for Conservation ___MASK63___ Nature ( IUCN ), and its World Commission on Protected Areas , has defined " National Park " as its " Category II " type ___MASK63___ protected areas . The Old ___MASK26___ Service Housing Historic District in Bryce Canyon ___MASK26___ represents the first housing development within the park specifically designed to house ___MASK26___ Service employees . Most ___MASK63___ these units were intended for unmarried seasonal employees , and were small in scale . The majority were built between 1932 and 1936 . Plans were developed by the Park Service Branch ___MASK63___ Plans and Design . The district includes several cabins , a ranger dormitory , and a `` wood vendor '' structure . The ___MASK26___ Service ( NPS ) is an agency ___MASK63___ the United States federal government that manages all U . S . national parks , many American national monuments , and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations . It was created on August 25 , 1916 , by Congress through the ___MASK26___ Service Organic Act and is an agency ___MASK63___ the United States Department ___MASK63___ the Interior . The NPS is charged with a dual role ___MASK63___ preserving the ecological and historical integrity ___MASK63___ the places entrusted to its management while also making them available and accessible for public use and enjoyment . In ___MASK31___ science , erosion is the action ___MASK63___ surface processes ( such as water flow or wind ) that remove soil , rock , or dissolved material from one location on the Earth ' s crust , then transport it away to another location . The particulate breakdown ___MASK63___ rock or soil into clastic sediment is referred to as " physical " or " mechanical " erosion ; this contrasts with " chemical " erosion , where soil or rock material is removed from an area by its dissolving into a solvent ( typically water ), followed by the flow away ___MASK63___ that solution . Eroded sediment or solutes may be transported just a few millimetres , or for thousands ___MASK63___ kilometres . A ___MASK75___ ( Spanish : cañón ) or gorge is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from the erosive activity ___MASK63___ a river over geologic timescales . Rivers have a natural tendency to cut through underlying surfaces so will eventually wear away rock layers to lessen their own pitch slowing their waters ; given enough time , their bottoms will gradually reach a baseline elevation  which is the same elevation as the body ___MASK63___ water it will eventually drain into . This action , when the river source and mouth are at much different base elevations will form a ___MASK75___ , particularly through regions where softer rock layers are intermingled with harder layers more resistant to weathering . Sedimentary rocks are types ___MASK63___ rock that are formed by the deposition and subsequent cementation ___MASK63___ that material at the Earth ' s surface and within bodies ___MASK63___ water . Sedimentation is the collective name for processes that cause mineral and / or organic particles ( detritus ) to settle in place . The particles that form a sedimentary rock by accumulating are called sediment . Before being deposited , the sediment was formed by weathering and erosion from the source area , and then transported to the place ___MASK63___ deposition by water , wind , ice , mass movement or glaciers , which are called agents ___MASK63___ denudation . Sedimentation may also occur as minerals precipitate from water solution or shells ___MASK63___ aquatic creatures settle out ___MASK63___ suspension . ___MASK76___ ( or ) is a state in the western United States . It became the 45th state admitted to the U . S . on January 4 , 1896 . ___MASK76___ is the 13th - largest by area , 31st - most - populous , and 10th - least - densely populated of the 50 United States . ___MASK76___ has a population of more than 3 million ( Census estimate for July 1 , 2016 ), approximately 80 % of whom live along the Wasatch Front , centering on the state capital Salt Lake City . ___MASK76___ is bordered by Colorado to the east , Wyoming to the northeast , Idaho to the north , Arizona to the south , and Nevada to the west . It also touches a corner of New Mexico in the southeast . Weather is the state ___MASK63___ the atmosphere , to the degree that it is hot or cold , wet or dry , calm or stormy , clear or cloudy . Most weather phenomena occur in the troposphere , just below the stratosphere . Weather refers to day - to - day temperature and precipitation activity , whereas climate is the term for the statistics ___MASK63___ atmospheric conditions over longer periods ___MASK63___ time . When used without qualification , " weather " is generally understood to mean the weather ___MASK63___ Earth . The ___MASK26___ Service Organic Act ( or simply " the Organic Act " within the ___MASK26___ Service , conservationists , etc .) is a United States federal law that established the ___MASK26___ Service ( NPS ), an agency ___MASK63___ the United States Department ___MASK63___ the Interior . The Act was signed into law on August 25 , 1916 , by President Woodrow Wilson , and is located in Title 16 ___MASK63___ the United States Code . Bryce ___MASK75___ ___MASK26___ is a ___MASK26___ located in southwestern ___MASK76___ in the United States . The major feature of the park is Bryce ___MASK75___ , which despite its name , is not a canyon , but a collection of giant natural amphitheaters along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau . Bryce is distinctive due to geological structures called " hoodoos ", formed by frost weathering and stream erosion of the river and lake bed sedimentary rocks . The red , orange , and white colors of the rocks provide spectacular views for park visitors . Bryce sits at a much higher elevation than nearby Zion ___MASK26___ . The rim at Bryce varies from . The United States Department ___MASK63___ the Interior ( DOI ) is the United States federal executive department ___MASK63___ the U . S . government responsible for the management and conservation ___MASK63___ most federal land and natural resources , and the administration ___MASK63___ programs relating to Native American , Alaska Natives , Native Hawaiians , territorial affairs , and insular areas ___MASK63___ the United States . About 75 % ___MASK63___ federal public land is managed by the department , with most ___MASK63___ the remainder managed by the Agriculture Department ' s United States Forest Service . The Paunsaugunt Plateau ( pronounced " PAWN - suh - gant ") is a dissected plateau , rising to an elevation ___MASK63___ , in southwestern ___MASK76___ in the United States . Located in northern Kane County and southwestern Garfield County , it is approximately wide , and extends southward from the Sevier Plateau approximately , terminating in the Pink Cliffs at the southern end .