List of canyons

Main article: Canyon

This list of canyons includes both land and submarine canyons with the land canyons being sorted by continent and then by country.

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The Grand Canyon, Arizona

Africa

Blyde River Canyon, South Africa
Fish River Canyon, Namibia
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

South Africa

Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga
Kloof, KwaZulu-Natal (The word Kloof means 'gorge' in Afrikaans)
Komati Gorge
Lanner Gorge
Oribi Gorge, KwaZulu-Natal

Other countries

Mali—Talari Gorges
Namibia—Fish River Canyon
Tanzania—Olduvai Gorge
Tunisia—Mides Canyon

Americas

Brazil

Canada

Canyon Sainte-Anne, Quebec
Farwell Canyon, British Columbia
Fraser Canyon, British Columbia
Grand Canyon of the Stikine, British Columbia
Horseshoe Canyon, Alberta
Niagara Gorge, Ontario
Ouimet Canyon, Ontario
Painted Chasm, British Columbia

Colombia

Chicamocha Canyon, Santander
Saturban canyon, Santander

Mexico

Peru

Colca Canyon, Arequipa
Cotahuasi Canyon, Arequipa

United States

Antelope Canyon, Arizona
Snake River Canyon, Idaho
Bighorn Canyon, Montana and Wyoming
Green River Canyon, Canyonlands National Park, Utah
Zebra Canyon, Canyons of the Escalante, Utah

For a more complete list of Utah canyons, see List of canyons and gorges in Utah.

Antelope Canyon, Arizona
Ausable Chasm, New York
Bad Rock Canyon, Montana
Bighorn Canyon, Montana and Wyoming
Big South Fork of the Cumberland River gorge, Kentucky and Tennessee
Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado
Blue John Canyon, Utah—site of Aron Ralston's accident
Breaks Canyon, Kentucky and Virginia
Buckskin Gulch, Utah—possibly the longest, deepest slot canyon in the world at over 13 mi (21 km); a tributary of the Paria River
Canyon de Chelly, Arizona
Canyonlands National Park, canyons of the Colorado River and its main tributary the Green River, Utah
Canyons of the Escalante, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah
Cataract Canyon, Utah
Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
Columbia River Gorge, Washington and Oregon
Desolation Canyon, Utah
Dismals Canyon, Alabama
Echo Canyon, Nevada
Flaming Gorge, Utah and Wyoming
Flume Gorge, New Hampshire
Fremont River Canyon, Utah
Gates of Lodore, Colorado
Genesee River Gorge, New York
Glen Canyon, Utah and Arizona
Glenwood Canyon, Colorado
Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne, Yosemite National Park, California
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Hells Canyon, Idaho, Oregon and Washington
Horseshoe Canyon, Utah
James River Gorge, Virginia
Kings Canyon, California
Kolob Canyons, Zion National Park, Utah
Lehigh River Gorge, Pennsylvania
Linville Gorge, North Carolina
Little River Canyon, Alabama
Logan Canyon, Utah
Marble Canyon, Arizona
McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas
New River Gorge, West Virginia
Niagara Gorge, New York
Nine Mile Canyon, Utah
Palo Duro Canyon, Texas
Paria River Canyon, southern Utah into northern Arizona
Pine Creek Gorge, Pennsylvania
Provo Canyon, Utah
Quechee Gorge, Vermont
Red River Gorge, Kentucky
Rio Grande Gorge, New Mexico
Ripogenus Gorge, Maine
Royal Gorge, Colorado
Ruby Canyon, Colorado and Utah
Sabino Canyon, Arizona
Saint Christopher's Canyon, Aibonito and Barranquitas, Puerto Rico
Salt River Canyon, Arizona
San Rafael River Gorge, Utah
Santa Elena Canyon, Big Bend National Park, Texas (also in Big Bend N.P.: Boquillas and Mariscal Canyons)
Tallulah Gorge, Georgia
Titus Canyon, Death Valley, California (also in Death Valley: Golden, Mosaic and Natural Bridge Canyons)
Virgin River Gorge, Arizona and Utah
Waimea Canyon, Hawaii
Walnut Canyon, Arizona
Westwater Canyon, Utah
Wind River Canyon, Wyoming
Zion Canyon, Utah

Other countries

Argentina—Atuel Canyon, Mendoza Province
Bolivia—Grand Canyon of Torotoro, Torotoro, Potosi Department
Nicaragua—Somoto Canyon, Somoto, Madriz

Asia

One of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze river, China
Siq, Jordan
Sharyn Canyon, Kazakhstan
Kali Gandaki Gorge, Nepal
Indus River Gorge, Pakistan

China

Nepal

Chovar Gorge, Kathmandu
Kali Gandaki Gorge, Gandaki

Philippines

Bued Gorge, Benguet
Montalban Gorge, Central Luzon

Other countries

Indonesia—Cukang Taneuh, Pangandaran
Jordan—Siq, Petra
Kazakhstan—Sharyn Canyon
Kyrgyz Republic—Ala Archa gorge of Ala Archa National Park
Oman—Wadi Ghul
Pakistan—Indus River Gorge through the Himalaya; Soan River gorge
Taiwan—Taroko Gorge of Taroko National Park

Europe

Cheddar Gorge, England
Gorges du Tarn, France
Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon, Iceland
Bicaz Gorge, Romania
Aare Gorge, Switzerland

England

France

Ardèche Gorges, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Daluis Gorge, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Gorges du Tarn, Occitanie
Verdon Gorge, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Georgia

Greece

Italy

Bletterbach, South Tyrol
Gorropu, Sardinia

Norway

Switzerland

Turkey

*Boğazpınar Canyon, Mersin Province
Harmanköy Canyon, Bilecik
Shnizow Canyon, Uşak
Valla Canyon, Küre, Kastamonu

Other countries

Albania—Osum Gorge
Austria—Liechtensteinklamm
Greenland—Greenland's Grand Canyon
Iceland—Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon
Macedonia—Matka Canyon
Montenegro—Tara River Canyon
Romania—Bicaz Gorge
Scotland—Corrieshalloch Gorge
Serbia—Rugova Canyon
Ukraine—Dniester Canyon

Oceania

Skippers Canyon, New Zealand
Cathedral Gorge, Purnululu National Park, Western Australia
Hancock Gorge, Karijini National Park, Western Australia
Katherine Gorge, Northern Territory of Australia
Murchison River Gorge, Western Australia

Australia

Barfold Gorge, Victoria
Barron Gorge, Queensland
Bouldercombe Gorge, Queensland
Cambanoora Gorge, Queensland
Capertee Valley, New South Wales
Carnarvon Gorge, Queensland
Cataract Gorge, Tasmania
Dimond Gorge, Western Australia
Galston Gorge, New South Wales
Geikie Gorge National Park, Western Australia
Karijini National Park, Western Australia—contains gorges named Dales, Hamersley, Hancock, Joffre, Kalamina, Knox, Munjina, Range, Red, Weano, Wittenoom and Yampire;^[1] blue asbestos exists in the latter two gorges^[2]
Katherine Gorge, Northern Territory
Kings Canyon, Northern Territory
Lerderderg Gorge, Victoria
Little River Gorge, Victoria
Loch Ard Gorge, Victoria
Mossman Gorge, Queensland
Murchison River Gorge, Western Australia
Nepean Gorge, New South Wales
North and South Gorges of North Stradbroke Island, Queensland
Palm Valley, Northern Territory
Porcupine Gorge, Queensland
Purnululu National Park, Western Australia—Cathedral and Piccaninny Gorges,^[3] and Echidna Chasm^[4]
Ravine des Casoars, South Australia
Sturt Gorge, South Australia
West MacDonnell National Park, Northern Territory
Windjana Gorge, Western Australia

New Zealand

Submarine canyons

A submarine canyon is a steep-sided valley with nearly vertical walls cut into the seabed of the continental margin, sometimes extending well onto the continental shelf.^[5]

Atlantic Ocean

Amazon Canyon, extending from the Amazon River off the coast of Brazil
Avilés Canyon, off the coast of Asturias, Spain
Congo Canyon, extending from the Congo River off the coast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Great Bahama Canyon, between the islands of The Bahamas
Hudson Canyon, extending from the Hudson River off the coast of New York City between the Long Island and the New Jersey coasts of the United States
Whittard Canyon, Atlantic Ocean off the southwest coast of Ireland
Wilmington Canyon, off the coast of Delaware, the United States^[6]

Indian Ocean

Ganges Canyon, extending from the Ganges off the coast of India
Indus Canyon, extending from the Indus River off the coast of Pakistan

Pacific Ocean

Bering Canyon, in the Bering Sea near the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, the United States
Kaikoura Canyon, off the coast of the Kaikoura Peninsula, New Zealand
Monterey Canyon, off the coast of central California, the United States
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

References

↑ "Karijini National Park Visitor guide" (PDF). Explore Parks WA (note: PDF file link appears in "Downloads & Resources" tab of webpage: parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/park/karijini). Department of Parks and Wildlife. 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
↑ "Australia's North West › Pilbara › Karijini National Park › Welcome (tab)". Explore Parks WA. Department of Parks and Wildlife. 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
↑ "Australia's North West › Kimberley › Purnululu › Piccaninny Creek". Explore Parks WA. Department of Parks and Wildlife. 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
↑ "Australia's North West › Kimberley › Purnululu › Echidna Chasm". Explore Parks WA. Department of Parks and Wildlife. 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
↑ Shepard, F.P., 1963. Submarine Geology. Harper & Row, New York
↑ Arthur Newell Strahler, Physical Geography. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1960, Second Edition, p. 290

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