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A gorge or canyon is a deep cleft resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of rivers. Gorge may also refer to: Gorge (mythology), a figure from Greek mythology; Gorge FC, an American amateur soccer team; Gorge Trio, an American experimental rock band; Gorge walking or canyoning; Gorge (fishing hook)
Grand Canyon, Arizona, at the confluence of the Colorado River and Little Colorado River.. A canyon (from Spanish: cañón; archaic British English spelling: cañon), [1] gorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. [2]
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“If it’s a nice weather day, the earlier you can get out, the better,” Eling said. Getting to your destination by 9 a.m., he said, is much better than arriving around late morning to midday.
The following is a handy reference for editors, listing various common spelling differences between national varieties of English. Please note: If you are not familiar with a spelling, please do some research before changing it – it may be your misunderstanding rather than a mistake, especially in the case of American and British English spelling differences.
The reference to "a Chinook" wind or weather system originally meant, to euro-American settlers along the Pacific Northwest coast, a warming wind from the ocean blowing into the interior regions of the Pacific Northwest of the North America. A strong föhn wind can make snow one foot (30 cm) deep almost vanish in one day. [6]
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The Columbia River Gorge is a canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Up to 4,000 feet (1,200 m) deep, the canyon stretches for over eighty miles (130 km) as the river winds westward through the Cascade Range, forming the boundary between the state of Washington to the north and Oregon to the south. [1]