Answer: streams led to the widening of the grand canyon
Explanation: first 70 and 30 million years ago, through the action of plate tectonics, the whole region was uplifted, resulting in the high and relatively flat Colorado Plateau. then the Colorado River began to carve its way downward. Further erosion by tributary streams led to the canyon’s widening. today these forces of nature are at work slowly deepening and widening the Grand Canyon.