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List of canyons#United States

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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.

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Africa

File:Blyde River Canyon, Bourke's Luck - panoramio - Frans-Banja Mulder.jpg|Blyde River Canyon, South Africa

File:FishRiverCanyon-7624.jpg|Fish River Canyon, Namibia

File:Olduvai 2012 05 31 2823 (7522639084).jpg|Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

=South Africa=

=Other countries=

Americas

File:Itaimbézinho Canyon 2006.jpg|Itaimbezinho Canyon, Brazil

File:Ouimet Canyon Canada Ontario taken by photographer David Sullivan.jpg|Ouimet Canyon, Canada

File:Canyon sumidero entrada.jpg|Sumidero Canyon, Mexico

File:Grand Canyon NP-Arizona-USA.jpg|Grand Canyon, USA

= Argentina =

  • Atuel Canyon, Mendoza Province
  • Pinturas River Canyon, Santa Cruz Province
  • Talampaya River Canyon{{Cite journal|last1=Ruban|first1=Dmitry A.|last2=Zerfass|first2=Henrique|last3=Pugatchev|first3=Vladimir I.|date=2009-08-01|title=Triassic synthems of southern South America (southwestern Gondwana) and the Western Caucasus (the northern Neotethys), and global tracing of their boundaries|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895981109000418|journal=Journal of South American Earth Sciences|language=en|volume=28|issue=2|pages=155–167|doi=10.1016/j.jsames.2009.03.003|issn=0895-9811|hdl=2263/11274|hdl-access=free}}

=Brazil=

=Canada=

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=Chile=

=Colombia=

=Mexico=

=Peru=

=United States=

File:A253, Upper Antelope Canyon, Page, Arizona, USA, 2008.JPG|Antelope Canyon, Arizona

File:Snake River Canyon Idaho 2007.jpg|Snake River Canyon, Idaho

File:Bighorn Lake WY & MT - SW part.jpg|Bighorn Canyon, Montana and Wyoming

File:CanyonlandsNP GreenRiverOverlook.jpg|Green River Canyon, Canyonlands National Park, Utah

{{For|a more complete list of Utah canyons|List of canyons and gorges in Utah}}

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=Other countries=

Asia

File:Sunset on the Yangtze River.jpg|One of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze river, China

File:Natural fault of al-Sīq, the grand caravan entrance into Petra (The Siq) (12302506424).jpg|Siq, Jordan

File:Charin.jpg|Sharyn Canyon, Kazakhstan

File:Kaligandaki ghasa.jpg|Kali Gandaki Gorge, Nepal

File:Nanga Parbat Indus Gorge.jpg|Indus River Gorge, Pakistan

=China=

=Nepal=

=India=

=Philippines=

=Other countries=

Europe

File:Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, UK - Diliff.jpg|Cheddar Gorge, England

File:01 Gorges du Tarn Roc des Hourtous.jpg|Gorges du Tarn, France

File:Fjadrárgljúfur-pjt.jpg|Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon, Iceland

File:Chei Bicaz 063.jpg|Bicaz Gorge, Romania

File:Aareschlucht 166 7.jpg|Aare Gorge, Switzerland

=Albania=

=Austria=

=France=

=Georgia=

=Germany=

=Greece=

=Ireland=

  • Gap of Dunloe, County Kerry
  • Mizen Head, County Cork
  • The Scalp, County Dublin{{cite book |last1=Gwynn |first1=Stephen Lucius |title=Leinster : Beautiful Ireland Series |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JLsBCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT32 |access-date=16 May 2024}}

=Italy=

=Kosovo=

=Montenegro=

=Norway=

=Russia=

File:Сулакский каньон в Дагестане.jpg in Dagestan]]

=Switzerland=

=Turkey=

{{For|a more complete list of canyons in Turkey|List of canyons and gorges in Turkey}}

=United Kingdom=

File:Avon gorge and cave arp.jpg|Avon Gorge, Bristol, England

File:Falls of Measach and footbridge, Corrieshalloch Gorge - geograph.org.uk - 3478224.jpg|Corrieshalloch Gorge, Ross-shire, Scotland

File:Gordale Scar - geograph.org.uk - 1002758.jpg|Gordale Scar, Yorkshire, England

File:Winnats Road, Hope Valley, United Kingdom (Unsplash TT6oGbTEvR0).jpg|Winnats Pass, Derbyshire, England

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Scotland

  • Ailnack Gorge, Banffshire{{cite book |last1=Gillen |first1=Con |title=Geology and Landscapes of Scotland |date=31 August 2013 |publisher=Dunedin Academic Press Ltd |isbn=9781903544884 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=51hwDwAAQBAJ}}
  • Alva Glen, Clackmannanshire
  • Avon Gorge, Stirlingshire and West Lothian
  • Black Rock Gorge, Ross-shire
  • Burn o' Vat, Aberdeenshire
  • Corrieshalloch Gorge, Ross-shire
  • Craighall Gorge, Perthshire
  • Crichope Linn, Dumfriesshire
  • Daal of Lumbister, Shetland{{cite book |last1=Murphy |first1=Alan |title=Orkney & Shetland |date=2014 |publisher=Footprint |isbn=9781909268838 |page=75 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a5J8AwAAQBAJ |access-date=20 May 2024}}
  • Dean Gorge in Edinburgh, Midlothian
  • Dob's Linn, Dumfriesshire{{cite book |last1=Aldridge |first1=Richard John |title=British Silurian Stratigraphy |date=2000 |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee |isbn=9781861074782 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZsVOAQAAIAAJ |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Glen Valtos on Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
  • Ness Glen, Ayrshire{{cite book |last1=Eyles |first1=Victor Ambrose |title=Geology of Central Ayrshire: Explanation of One-inch Sheet 14 |date=1949 |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j-4JAAAAMAAJ}}
  • Nethan Gorge, Lanarkshire
  • Puck's Glen, Argyllshire{{cite web |title=Puck's Glenn - Argyll and Bute, Scotland |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pucks-glen |website=Atlas Obscura |access-date=21 May 2024}}

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Wales

=Other countries=

Oceania

File:Skippers Canyon Maori Point.jpg|Skippers Canyon, New Zealand

File:Cathedral Gorge, Purnulu NP.jpg|Cathedral Gorge, Purnululu National Park, Western Australia

File:KatherineBigWalls.jpg|Katherine Gorge, Northern Territory of Australia

File:Z Bend.jpg|Murchison River Gorge, Western Australia

File:(1)Capertee Valley-1.jpg|Capertee Valley, New South Wales

File:Jamison valley frm wentworth falls.jpg|Jamison Valley, New South Wales

=Australia=

File:A162, Karijini National Park, Australia, Joffre Gorge, 2007.JPG]]

File:A211, Finke Gorge National Park, Australia, Palm Valley, 2007.JPG]]

  • 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{{emdash}}contains gorges named Dales, Hamersley, Hancock, Joffre, Kalamina, Knox, Munjina, Range, Red, Weano, Wittenoom and Yampire;{{cite web|url=https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/downloads/parks/2016003752%20karijini%20np_V4.pdf |title=Karijini National Park Visitor guide |year=2016 |publisher=Department of Parks and Wildlife |website=Explore Parks WA (note: PDF file link appears in "Downloads & Resources" tab of webpage: parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/park/karijini) |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104081935/https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/downloads/parks/2016003752%20karijini%20np_V4.pdf |archivedate=2016-11-04 |url-status=live |accessdate=2016-11-04}} blue asbestos exists in the latter two gorges{{cite web|url=https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/park/karijini |title=Australia's North West › Pilbara › Karijini National Park › Welcome (tab) |year=2013 |publisher=Department of Parks and Wildlife |website=Explore Parks WA |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104083953/https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/park/karijini |archivedate=2016-11-04 |url-status=live |accessdate=2016-11-04}}
  • 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{{emdash}}Cathedral and Piccaninny Gorges,{{cite web|url=https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/site/piccaninny-creek |title=Australia's North West › Kimberley › Purnululu › Piccaninny Creek |year=2013 |publisher=Department of Parks and Wildlife |website=Explore Parks WA |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310174555/https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/site/piccaninny-creek |archivedate=2016-03-10 |url-status=live |accessdate=2016-11-04}} and Echidna Chasm{{cite web|url=https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/site/echidna-chasm |title=Australia's North West › Kimberley › Purnululu › Echidna Chasm |year=2013 |publisher=Department of Parks and Wildlife |website=Explore Parks WA |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323000943/https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/site/echidna-chasm |archivedate=2016-03-23 |url-status=live |accessdate=2016-11-04}}
  • Ravine des Casoars, South Australia
  • Sturt Gorge, South Australia
  • West MacDonnell National Park, Northern Territory
  • Windjana Gorge, Western Australia

=New Zealand=

File:Kawarau river.jpg]]

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.Shepard, F.P., 1963. Submarine Geology. Harper & Row, New York

=Atlantic Ocean=

File:Hudson Canyon.jpg, off the coast of New York and New Jersey]]

=Indian Ocean=

=Pacific Ocean=

File:Beringian Margin canyons.png and four other submarine canyons in the Bering Sea]]

=Black Sea=

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