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This list of canyons and gorges includes both land and submarine canyons with the land canyons being sorted by continent and then by country. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
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]
[1] Its drainage basin covers a territory of 427 km 2 or 26% of Vacha's total [1] and borders the drainage basins of the Stara reka and small left tributaries of the Vacha to the north, the Chepinska reka and to the west and northwest, the Mesta to the southwest, and small left tributaries of the Vacha to the south. The Devinska reka has ...
The gorge separates the major peaks of Dhaulagiri (8,167 m or 26,795 ft) on the west and Annapurna (8,091 m or 26,545 ft) on the east. The portion of the river directly between Dhaulagiri and Annapurna I (7 km or 4.3 mi downstream from Tukuche) is at an elevation of 2,520 m (8,270 ft), which is 5,571 m (18,278 ft) lower than Annapurna I. [4] As tectonic activity has forced the mountains higher ...
Wadi Numeira is a Wadi in Jordan that is known for its deep gorge cut through the sandstone. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It gives its name to the Bronze Age ruins located at its mouth with the Dead Sea . The Wadi also sometimes nicknamed Petra with water .
The state government has opened an investigation into the accident, Pal said, adding that preliminary information suggested that the dilapidated bus skidded before tumbling down a 60 meter- (200-foot-) -deep gorge. A number of passengers managed to escape or were thrown out by the impact, and then alerted authorities about the accident.
24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ... A bus accident in India’s northern state of Uttarakhand claimed 36 lives after a passenger bus fell into a 150m-deep gorge.
Mount Warren – 5 summits in 5 states; Mount Washington – 14 summits in 10 states and a summit in a territory; Mount Wilson – 11 summits in 8 states; Mummy Mountain – 5 summits in 5 states; North Mountain – 25 summits in 16 states; Mount Olympus – 9 summits in 8 states; Pyramid Peak – 45 summits in 11 states; Red Mountain – 160 ...