Canyon

Noun

 * 1) A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.

Adjectives for Canyon
deepening; lowland; tributary; carved; narrow; sharp; shallow; dreaded; deserted; winding; mile-deep; color-flaming; hollow; bare; hard; blind; frowning; weird; wind-swept; somber; snowclad; treeless; mist-filled; nave-like; mystic; rocky-bottomed; grand.

Verbs for Canyon
carve—; collect in—; delve in—; enter—; erode into—; explore—; flow through—; stream through—; traverse—; widen—; — beautifies; —extends; —narrows; —skirts; —traverses; —widens.

Synonyms

 * dale
 * dalles
 * gulch
 * ravine
 * vale
 * valley
 * See also Thesaurus:valley

Related terms

 * Copper Canyon
 * Grand Canyon
 * concrete canyon

Thesaurus
crevice, cut, cwm, defile, dell, dike, ditch, donga, draw, excavation, fault, fissure, flaw, flume, fracture, furrow, gap, gape, gash, gill, gorge, groove, gulch, gulf, gully, hole, incision, joint, kloof, leak, moat, notch, nullah, opening, pass, passage, ravine, rent, rift, rime, rupture, scissure, seam, slit, slot, split, trench, valley, void, wadi, abysm, abyss, arroyo, box canyon, breach, break, cavity, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, cleft, cleuch, clough, col, coulee, couloir, crack, cranny, crevasse,

Alternative forms
cañon, plural cañons or cañones. (See ñ.)

Etymology
From cañón:

Pronunciation

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