It is a slot canyon and a product of millions of years of water erosion of Navajo Sandstone due to flash flooding. Rainwater, especially during monsoon season, runs into the extensive basin above the slot canyon sections, picking up speed and sand as it rushes into the narrow passageways. Over time the passageways eroded away, deepening the corridors, and smoothing hard edges to form characteristic `flowing` shapes. The Navajo Indians name for Upper Antelope Canyon is ââ¬ÅTse` bighanilini,ââ¬Â which means `the place where water runs through rocks.` Once home to herds of pronghorn antelope, the canyon now lies within the Navajo Nation, in the American Southwest, east of Page, Arizona. A popular tourist spot, but accessible only with a local Navajo guide.
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