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THE
EARTH
GALLERY
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The North American Continent
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The Geological Wonders:
Canyons, Gorges & Valleys
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(m2cont-nam-geol-cn-grand-2009-0928.1756) The Canyons, Gorges and Valleys
Information:
Some of the wise men of this world say that the Earth has been around for 4.6 billion years, and therefore, it has had a long time for the rivers to cut through the surface into the underlying strata.
Oftentimes, however, the actual canyon is so wide that it is called a valley, but even then, there are tell tale signs that massive amounts of waterflow has occurred though that valley. What are these signs? Just look around, are there large standing promontories, or buttes in the valley. If there are even some of these in the valley, then these are usually caused by waterflow.
This gallery will explore some of the earth′s canyons and valleys.
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The
Canyon, Gorge and Valleys Index
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Grand Canyon of the Stikine
Great Canyon, Homathko River
Myra Canyon Provincial Park
Newfoundland and Labrador
Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve [Free]
(34.623138, -87.795401)
(34.325181, -87.781725)
2 waterfalls, 6 natural bridges
(34.440556, -85.595556)
(61.52, -142.23)
Serious wilderness, Wrangell St. Elias National Park
(36.952766, -111.441268)
(36.863622, -111.590152
(32.322367, -110.809822)
Big Thompson River, Forest Canyon
(40.354444, -104.760278)
Rocky Mountains NP
Black Canyon of the Gunnison River
(40.713056, -108.892778)
Red Cliffs of the Colorado River
Cloudland Canyon State Park
(34.8161, -85.4892)
Bad Branch Falls State Nature Preserve
(37.0675, -82.7721
Big South Fork of the Cumberland River Gorge
(36.967083, -84.605291)
Breaks Interstate Park (The Breaks)
(37.296389, -82.296944)
(37.833889, -83.607778)
(42.393056, -72.88)
(48.385724, -114.108453)
on Flathead River
(45.194444, -108.130556)
Southeast of Billings, MT
(37.908056, -114.2675)
(44.099722, -71.67)
Chaco Canyon NHP and ruins
(44.529167, -73.461111)
Near Keeseville, NY and Lake Champlain US Highway 9
(42.77546, -77.82864)
Blackhand Gorge State Natural Preserve
(40.056, -82.24847)
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
(45.704722, -121.791667)
Big South Fork of the Cumberland River Gorge
(36.967083, -84.605291)
Also KY
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge
(30.5857254, -98.0397609)
McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains NP
Santa Elena Canyon, Big Bend NP
(40.4335781, -111.7391047)
(38.378333, -110.278056) slot canyon,
Technical skills and equipment required.
Buckskin Gulch [Kaibab Gulch]
(37.001667, -111.866111) Paria River
16 mile in, this is one of the longest and deepest slot canyona.
(37.8775, -110.293889)
46 mile long canyon in Glen Canyon and Canyonlands
Carl Hayden Visitor Center (36.93545623, -111.4861375)
(39.416667, -110.011111)
Grand Staircase-Escalante NM
(40.914444, -109.421389)
(38.402778, -110.693056) Capital Reef NP
US 191
Paria Canyon,
(See Buckskin Gulch)
(40.8917540, -109.5606056)
Flaming Gorge
Red Canyon
(37.7459147, -112.3191618)
Dixie NF
(38.6785274, -109.4460422)
Colorado River, Moab
(41.1358462, -111.8989065)
(43.6373179, -72.4078920)
(37.2881551, -82.3101456)
Blackwater Canyon (39.0963, -79.5474)
8 mile long gorge
Cheat Canyon (39.74263, -79.901198)
10 mile forested canyon in Allegheny Mountains
Franklin Gorge (38.663128, -79.320997)
Sumidero Canyon (16.831667, -93.093889)
Copper Canyon (27.51611, -107.76583)
Barranca de Oblatos (20.7058995, -103.28303405)
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The
Largest Canyons-Gorges
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Largest (by Sheer Size) in the US
1. Grand Canyon, Arizona
2. Palo Duro Canyon, Texas
3. Antelope Canyon, Arizona
4. Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
5. Royal Gorge Canyon, Colorado
6. Hells Canyon, Oregon, Idaho and Washington
7. Kings Canyon, California
8. Black Canyon, Colorado
9. Bryce Canyon, Utah
Largest (by Sheer Size) in the World
1. Kali Gandaki Gorge, Nepal
2. Grand Canyon, US
3. Capertee Valley, Australia
4. Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, Tibet
5. Fish River Canyon, Namibia a
6. Catahuasi Canyon, Peru
7. Colca Canyon, Peru
8. Copper Canyon, Mexico
9. Blyde River Canyon, South Africa
10. Tara River Canyon, Montenegro
Largest (by Depth) in the World
1. 19,715 feet, Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon, Tibet
2. 18,275 feet, Kali Gandaki Gorge, Nepal
3. 17,060 feet, Indus Gorge, Pakistan
4. 13,648 feet, Colca Canyon, Peru
5. 12,434 feet, Tiger Leaping Gorge, China
6. 11,597 feet, Cotahuasi Canyon, Peru
7. 7,900 feet, Hell′s Canyon, Oregon
8. 6,164 feet, Urique Canyon, Mexico
9. 6,093 feet, Grand Canyon
10. 4,537 feet, Blyde River Canyon, South Africa
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