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The 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]
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 .
Submarine canyons (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Canyons and gorges" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. Canyons and gorges of the United States by county (1 C) Canyons and gorges of the United States by state (27 C)
Canyons and gorges of Ohio (1 P) Canyons and gorges of Oregon (10 P) P. Canyons and gorges of Pennsylvania (3 P) T. Canyons and gorges of Texas (9 P) U.
Canyons and gorges of Oceania (3 C) S. Canyons and gorges of South America (2 C, 3 P) This page was last edited on 24 June 2018, at 16:02 (UTC). Text is ...
Entrenched meanders of the Virgin River at the upper end of Zion Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah. An entrenched river, or entrenched stream is a river or stream that flows in a narrow trench or valley cut into a plain or relatively level upland. Because of lateral erosion streams flowing over gentle slopes over a time develops meandering ...
The Virgin River Gorge, located between St. George, Utah, and Beaver Dam, Arizona, is a long canyon carved out by the Virgin River in northwest Arizona. [1] The Virgin River created the topography of both Zion National Park and the Virgin River Gorge. Interstate 15 runs through the canyon and crosses the Virgin River several times. The Virgin ...