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Buckskin Gulch, Utah—possibly the longest, deepest slot canyon in the world at over 13 mi (21 km); a tributary of the Paria River; Cane Creek Canyon, Alabama; Canyon de Chelly, Arizona; Canyonlands National Park, canyons of the Colorado River and its main tributary the Green River, Utah
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.
Bright, icy material exposed on canyon walls. Pluto: Sleipnir Fossa: 580 km (360 mi) 5-10 km ≈3 km (2 mi) One of the six extensional "spider" fractures, cuts through Tartarus Dorsa . Not yet officially named. Lowell Regio canyons ≈200 km (120 mi) 75 km (45 mi) ≈3-4 km A series of canyons found very close to the north pole. Not yet ...
Cotahuasi Canyon (from Quechua Kutawasi), near the city of Arequipa in Peru, is one of the deepest canyons in the world. With a depth of approximately 3,354 metres (11,004 ft), as defined as the difference in elevation at river level and the peak of a mountain alongside the canyon, it is more than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon .
Others consider the Kali Gandaki Gorge in midwest Nepal to be the deepest canyon, with a 6,400-metre (21,000 ft) difference between the level of the river and the peaks surrounding it. [citation needed] Vying for the deepest canyon in the Americas is the Cotahuasi Canyon and Colca Canyon, in southern Peru. Both have been measured at over 3,500 ...
The Vikos Gorge, with a length of 32 km (20 mi), walls that range from 120–1,350 m (390–4,400 ft) deep, and a width ranging from 2,500 m (8,202 ft) to just a few meters at its narrowest part, is listed by the Guinness Book of Records as the deepest canyon in the world in proportion to its width, [2] [5] though some gorge lobbyists contest ...
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 ...
The Colca Canyon is a canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru, located about 160 kilometres (99 mi) northwest of Arequipa. With a depth of about 1000 – 2000 m (3300 – 6600 ft) (whereas bottom is at cca 2000 m and edges are at 3000 – 4000 metres above the sea level), [ 1 ] it is one of the deepest canyons in the world.