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This list of canyons and gorges includes both
land and
submarine canyons with the land canyons being sorted by continent and then by country.
Africa
South Africa
Other countries
Americas
Argentina
Brazil
Canada
Agawa Canyon ,
Ontario
Barron River (Ontario)
Beggerlay Canyon , British Columbia
Big Canyon , British Columbia
Big Creek Canyon , British Columbia
Bull Canyon , British Columbia
Canyon Sainte-Anne ,
Quebec
Coaticook Gorge , Quebec
Cottonwood Canyon , British Columbia
Coquihalla Canyon , British Columbia
Deserters Canyon , British Columbia
Driftwood Canyon , British Columbia
Eakin Creek Canyon , British Columbia
Eaton Canyon , Quebec
Fort George Canyon , British Columbia
French Bar Canyon , British Columbia
Giscome Canyon , British Columbia
Great Canyon (Homathko River) , British Columbia
The Green Bowl , British Columbia
Hagwilget Canyon , British Columbia
Helmcken Canyon , British Columbia
Kitselas Canyon , British Columbia
Klinaklini Canyon , British Columbia
Klootch Canyon , British Columbia
Klootchman Canyon , British Columbia
Lava Canyon , British Columbia
Marble Canyon , British Columbia
Nanaimo River Canyon , British Columbia
Waddington Canyon , British Columbia
Maligne Canyon , Alberta
Marie Canyon , British Columbia
Mistaya Canyon , Alberta
Painted Chasm , British Columbia
Farwell Canyon ,
British Columbia
Fraser Canyon , British Columbia
Grand Canyon of the Stikine , British Columbia
Horseshoe Canyon ,
Alberta
Horsethief Canyon , Alberta
Niagara Gorge ,
Ontario
Ouimet Canyon , Ontario
Chile
Colombia
Mexico
Peru
United States
Antelope Canyon ,
Arizona
Ausable Chasm ,
New York
Bad Rock Canyon ,
Montana
Bad Branch Gorge , Kentucky
Blackhand Gorge , Ohio
Bighorn Canyon , Montana and
Wyoming
Big South Fork of the Cumberland River gorge,
Kentucky and
Tennessee
Big Thompson River Canyon ,
Colorado
Black Canyon of the Gunnison ,
Colorado
Blackwater Canyon , West Virginia
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
Cane Creek Canyon , Alabama
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
Cheat Canyon , West Virginia
Chitistone Canyon , Alaska
Cloudland Canyon , Georgia
Columbia River Gorge ,
Washington and
Oregon
Desolation Canyon , Utah
Dismals Canyon ,
Alabama
Echo Canyon , Nevada
Fall Brook Gorge , New York
Flaming Gorge , Utah and Wyoming
Flume Gorge ,
New Hampshire
Franklin Gorge , West Virginia
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
Gulf Hagas , Maine
Hells Canyon ,
Idaho , Oregon and Washington
Horseshoe Canyon , Utah
James River Gorge , Virginia
Kaaterskill Clove , New York
Kanuti Canyon , Alaska
Kern Canyon , California
Kings Canyon , California
Kolob Canyons ,
Zion National Park , Utah
Keystone Canyon , Alaska
Lehigh River Gorge ,
Pennsylvania
Linville Gorge ,
North Carolina
Little River Canyon , Alabama
Logan Canyon , Utah
Marble Canyon , Arizona
Mather Gorge , Maryland and Virginia
Mississippi Gorge , Minnesota
Mianus River Gorge , New York
Moses Coulee , Washington
McKittrick Canyon ,
Guadalupe Mountains National Park , Texas
New River Gorge ,
West Virginia
Neversink Gorge , New York
Niagara Gorge , New York
Nine Mile Canyon , Utah
Noatak Canyon , Alaska
Palo Duro Canyon ,
Texas
Paria River Canyon , southern Utah into northern Arizona
Pine Creek Gorge , Pennsylvania
Providence Canyon , Georgia
Provo Canyon , Utah
Quartermaster Canyon ,
Grand Canyon National Park , Arizona
[2]
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)
Smoke Hole Canyon , West Virginia
Tallulah Gorge ,
Georgia
Tennessee River Gorge , Tennessee into Alabama
The Trough , West Virginia
Turnback Canyon , Alaska
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
Winner Creek Gorge , Alaska
Wintergreen Gorge , Pennsylvania
Yakima River Canyon , Washington
Zion Canyon , Utah
Other countries
Asia
China
Nepal
India
Gandikota ,
Kadapa District ,
Andhra Pradesh
Garadia Mahadev ,
Kota district ,
Rajasthan
Idukki ,
Western Ghats ,
Kerala
Raneh Falls ,
Chatarpur district ,
Madhya Pradesh
Satkosia Tiger Reserve ,
Angul district ,
Odisha
Dayangmukh,
Dima Hasao ,
Assam
Assi Ganga ,
Uttarkashi ,
Uttarakhand
Shatadru ,
Kufri ,
Himachal Pradesh
Philippines
Other countries
Europe
Albania
Austria
France
Georgia
Greece
Italy
Montenegro
Norway
Russia
Sulak Canyon in
Dagestan
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
England
Avon Gorge ,
Bristol
Cauldron Snout ,
County Durham
[3]
Cheddar Gorge ,
Somerset
Cliviger Gorge , Lancashire
Cresswell Crags , Nottinghamshire
Ebbor Gorge , Somerset
Gordale Scar , Yorkshire
[4]
Harehope Canyon , Northumberland
How Stean Gorge , Yorkshire
Ironbridge Gorge ,
Shropshire
Lud's Church , Staffordshire
Sleightholme Beck Gorge , Yorkshire
[5]
Staward Gorge , Northumberland
Winnats Pass , Derbyshire
Scotland
Ailnack Gorge, Banffshire
[6]
Alva Glen , Clackmannanshire
Black Rock Gorge , Ross-shire
Burn o' Vat , Aberdeenshire
Corrieshalloch Gorge , Ross-shire
[6]
Craighall Gorge , Perthshire
Crichope Linn , Dumfriesshire
Dean Gorge in
Edinburgh , Midlothian
Dob's Linn , Dumfriesshire
[7]
Glen Valtos on
Isle of Lewis , Ross-shire
[6]
Ness Glen , Ayrshire
[8]
Nethan Gorge , Lanarkshire
Wales
Other countries
Oceania
Australia
Joffre Gorge,
Karijini National Park
Palm Valley,
Finke Gorge National Park
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
Jamison Valley , New South Wales
Karijini National Park , Western Australia—contains gorges named Dales, Hamersley, Hancock, Joffre, Kalamina, Knox, Munjina, Range, Red, Weano, Wittenoom and Yampire;
[9]
blue asbestos exists in the latter two gorges
[10]
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,
[11] and Echidna Chasm
[12]
Ravine des Casoars ,
South Australia
Sturt Gorge , South Australia
West MacDonnell National Park , Northern Territory
Windjana Gorge , Western Australia
New Zealand
Kawarau Gorge
Ashley Gorge ,
Canterbury region
Buller Gorge ,
Buller
Cromwell Gorge ,
Central Otago
Karangahake Gorge ,
Coromandel Peninsula
Karapoti Gorge ,
Wellington Region
Kawarau Gorge , Central Otago
Manawatū Gorge ,
Manawatū
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 .
[13]
Atlantic Ocean
Model of
Hudson Canyon , off the coast of New York and New Jersey
Amazon Canyon , extending from the
Amazon River off the coast of Brazil
Avilés Canyon , 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
Mona Canyon , off the coast of western
Puerto Rico
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
[14]
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Map of
Bering Canyon and four other submarine canyons in the
Bering Sea
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
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