List of canyons

This list of canyons and gorges 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

Further information: Canyon

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

• Madagascar- Isalo Canyon
• Mali—Talari Gorges
• Namibia—Fish River Canyon
• Tanzania—Olduvai Gorge
• Tunisia—Mides Canyon

Americas

• 
  Itaimbezinho Canyon, Brazil
• 
  Ouimet Canyon, Canada
• 
  Sumidero Canyon, Mexico

Brazil

• Guartelá Canyon, Paraná
• Itaimbezinho, Aparados da Serra National Park, Rio Grande do Sul

Canada

• Agawa Canyon, Ontario
• Barron River (Ontario)
• Canyon Sainte-Anne, Quebec
• Painted Chasm, British Columbia
• Farwell Canyon, British Columbia
• Fraser Canyon, British Columbia
• Grand Canyon of the Stikine, British Columbia
• Horseshoe Canyon, Alberta
• Niagara Gorge, Ontario
• Ouimet Canyon, Ontario

Chile

• Cajón del Maipo, Santiago Metropolitan Region

Colombia

• Chicamocha Canyon, Santander
• Saturban canyon, Santander

Mexico

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

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

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
• Bluejohn 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
• Grand Coulee, Washington
• 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
• Moses Coulee, Washington
• 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
• Quartermaster Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona[1]
• 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
• Providence Canyon, Georgia

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

• Three Gorges, Chongqing
• Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan
• Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon, Tibet Autonomous Region

Nepal

• Chovar Gorge, Kathmandu
• Kali Gandaki Gorge, Gandaki

India

• Gandikota, Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh
• Garadia Mahadev, Kota district, Rajasthan
• Idukki, Western Ghats, Kerala
• Raneh Falls, Chatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh

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

Albania

• Osum Gorge
• Këlcyrë Gorge

Austria

• Leutasch Gorge
• Liechtensteinklamm

England

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

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

• Aragvi River Gorge
• Pankisi Gorge

Greece

• Agia Eirini Gorge, Crete
• Ha Gorge, Crete
• Imbros Gorge, Crete
• Kotsifos Gorge, Crete
• Kourtaliotiko Gorge, Crete
• Richtis Gorge, Crete
• Sarakina Gorge, Crete
• Samaria Gorge, Crete
• Vikos Gorge, Vikos–Aoös National Park

Italy

• Bletterbach, South Tyrol
• Gorropu, Sardinia

Montenegro

• Morača Canyon
• Tara River Canyon
• Piva Canyon

Norway

• Allmannajuvet Canyon, Rogaland
• Jutulhogget Canyon, Hedmark
• Jutulhogget Canyon, Oppland
• Mågålaupet Gorge, Sør-Trøndelag
• Sautso Canyon, Finnmark

Switzerland

• Aare Gorge, Kanton Bern
• Viamala, Graubünden

Turkey

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

• Boğazpınar Canyon, Mersin Province
• Harmanköy Canyon, Bilecik
• Ulubey Canyon, Uşak
• Valla Canyon, Küre, Kastamonu

Other countries

• Bulgaria—Trigrad Gorge
• Greenland—Greenland's Grand Canyon
• Iceland—Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon
• Macedonia—Matka Canyon
• Romania—Bicaz Gorge
• Scotland—Corrieshalloch Gorge
• Serbia—Rugova Canyon
• Ukraine—Dniester Canyon
• Spain—Congost de Mont-Rebei

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;[2] blue asbestos exists in the latter two gorges[3]
• 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,[4] and Echidna Chasm[5]
• Ravine des Casoars, South Australia
• Sturt Gorge, South Australia
• West MacDonnell National Park, Northern Territory
• Windjana Gorge, Western Australia

New Zealand

• Ashley Gorge, Canterbury region
• Buller Gorge, Buller
• Cromwell Gorge, Central Otago
• Karangahake Gorge, Coromandel Peninsula
• Karapoti Gorge, Wellington Region
• Kawarau Gorge, Central Otago
• Manawatu Gorge, Manawatu
• Ngauranga Gorge, Wellington City
• Poolburn Gorge, Central Otago
• Rakaia Gorge, Canterbury Region
• Skippers Canyon, Central Otago
• Taieri Gorge, South Otago
• Trotters Gorge, North Otago
• Waimakariri Gorge, Canterbury Region
• Weka Pass, Canterbury Region
• Windy Canyon, Great Barrier Island

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
• 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
• Nazaré Canyon, off the coast of Portugal
• Whittard Canyon, off the southwest coast of Ireland
• Wilmington Canyon, off the coast of Delaware, the United States[7]

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

Black Sea

• Danube Canyon, off the coast of Romania

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

External link

• List of canyons and gorges at the Encyclopædia Britannica