Scheele shows in graphic detail that the Grand Canyon was formed while the waters of Noah’s Flood receded from the American continent, when they temporarily ponded over a large plateau in the south-west. As this receding water flowed from east to west, the Grand Canyon was mainly carved out in the opposite direction, from west to east.
This receding-Flood scenario explains many of the unique and puzzling features of the Grand Canyon, such as its location through the top of a ridge, its branching structure, its numerous major and minor side canyons, its meandering and the presence of multiple ‘outflow points’ in its terminal escarpment.