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As the canyon passes between the peaks of the Namcha Barwa (Namjabarwa) and Gyala Peri mountains, it reaches an average depth of about 5,000 m (16,000 feet) around Namcha Barwa. The canyon's average depth overall is about 2,268 m (7,440 feet), the deepest depth reaches 6,009 m (19,714 feet). This is the greatest canyon depth on land.
The canyon is up to 1,300 meters (4,300 feet) deep. Tara River Canyon is one of the deepest river canyons in Europe. Within Montenegro the canyon is protected as a part of Durmitor National Park and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The canyon features rocky and pebbly terraces, sandy beaches, high cliffs, and more than 80 large caves.
Pribilof Canyon, in the Bering Sea, southeast of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska; Scripps Canyon, off the coast of La Jolla, southern California; Zhemchug Canyon, in the central Bering Sea between the Aleutian Islands of Alaska and the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia; the largest submarine canyon in the world based on drainage area
Tufa found in Nahanni National Park. The Nahanni National Park Reserve, sometimes known as "Headless Valley" or "Valley of The Headless Men" (after a series of unsolved historical deaths in the park), in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada (approximately 500 km (311 mi) west of Yellowknife), [4] protects a portion of the Mackenzie Mountains Natural Region.
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In 2005, Zhangye Danxia was voted by a panel of reporters from 34 major media outlets as one of the most beautiful Danxia landform areas in China. In 2009, Chinese National Geography magazine chose Zhangye Danxia as one of the "six most beautiful landforms" in China. [2] The area has become a top tourist attraction for Zhangye.
The canyon itself can act as a connection between the east and the west by providing corridors of appropriate habitat along its length. [145] The canyon can also be a genetic barrier to some species, like the tassel-eared squirrel. [145] The aspect, or direction a slope faces, also plays a major role in adding diversity to the Grand Canyon.
the Canyon from l’Imbut to the Pont du Galetas. The Verdon Gorge is narrow and deep, with depths of 250 to 700 metres and widths of 6 to 100 metres at the level of the Verdon river. It is 200 to 1500 metres wide from one side of the Gorge to the other at the summits. The Gorge has been compared to the Grand Canyon in the United States. [4]