List of canyons

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Further information: Canyon

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

The Grand Canyon, Arizona

Africa[]

South Africa[]

Other countries[]

  • Lesotho - Senqu River Canyon
  • Lesotho - Maletsunyane River Gorge
  • Lesotho - Makhaleng River Canyon
  • Cameroon- Gorges de Kola
  • Egypt- Arada Canyon
  • Ethiopia- Blue Nile Gorge
  • Madagascar- Isalo Canyon
  • Mali—Talari Gorges
  • Morocco- Todgha Gorge
  • Namibia—Fish River Canyon
  • Republic of Congo- Gorges of Diosso
  • Tanzania—Olduvai Gorge
  • Tunisia—Mides Canyon

Americas[]

  • Itaimbezinho Canyon, Brazil

  • Ouimet Canyon, Canada

  • Sumidero Canyon, Mexico

Brazil[]

Canada[]

Chile[]

Colombia[]

Mexico[]

  • Copper Canyon, Chihuahua
  • , Monterrey
  • Sumidero Canyon, Chiapas

Peru[]

United States[]

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

Other countries[]

Asia[]

  • One of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze river, China

  • Siq, Jordan

  • Sharyn Canyon, Kazakhstan

  • Indus River Gorge, Pakistan

China[]

Nepal[]

India[]

Philippines[]

Other countries[]

Europe[]

Albania[]

Austria[]

England[]

  • Avon Gorge, Bristol
  • Cheddar Gorge, Somerset
  • Ebbor Gorge, Somerset
  • Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire

France[]

Georgia[]

  • Aragvi River Gorge
  • Pankisi Gorge

Greece[]

Italy[]

Montenegro[]

Norway[]

Russia[]

Sulak Canyon in Dagestan

Switzerland[]

Turkey[]

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

Other countries[]

Oceania[]

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.[6]

Atlantic Ocean[]

  • Amazon Canyon, extending from the Amazon River off the coast of Brazil
  • , off the coast of Asturias, Spain
  • Baltimore Canyon, off the coast of Maryland
  • 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
  • Hatteras Canyon, off the coast of North Carolina
  • 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
  • Nazaré Canyon, off the coast of Portugal
  • Whittard Canyon, off the southwest coast of Ireland
  • , off the coast of Delaware, the United States[7]

Indian Ocean[]

  • , extending from the Ganges off the coast of India
  • , extending from the Indus River off the coast of Pakistan
  • Perth Canyon, extending from the Swan River off the coast of Fremantle. Western Australia

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
  • La Jolla Canyon, off the coast of La Jolla, California
  • 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

Black Sea[]

References[]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quartermaster Canyon
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ Shepard, F.P., 1963. Submarine Geology. Harper & Row, New York
  7. ^ Arthur Newell Strahler, Physical Geography. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1960, Second Edition, p. 290
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